FreeLists / bristol-birds / [Bristol-Birds] Re: [TN-Bird] Barred Owl, Magnolia Warbler, etc. (Unicoi Co., TN)

[Don Miller <raincrow@xxxxxxx>]

Chuck,

Thanks very much for the info.  I surmised that perhaps I was hearing  a 
call associated with juveniles, but I didn't mention this in my post.  
After reading your response, I consulted your breeding bird atlas and 
found mention of this vocalization on p. 150.  I also noticed that the 
Sibley eastern guide describes the call.

Since Rock Creek Recreation Area is located well within the borders of 
Unicoi County, it seems likely that the calls I heard are in fact 
evidence of successful Barred Owl nesting in that county.  Do you 
believe that this conclusion is justified?

Don Miller
Greeneville, Greene Co., TN

Charles P. Nicholson wrote:

> Don et al.,
> The Barred Owl call you describe is commonly given by fledgling birds.  I
> have heard it as late as the second week of July, and the young barred owls
> probably give it for at least a month or more after they leave the nest.
> The call is commonly given during the day.  I heard it on my Breeding Bird
> Survey route in Scott County this year; it was my only Barred Owl on the
> count.  I've found that the call can carry as far as a hundred yards and
> used it to confirm breeding of Barred Owls in several blocks during TN
> Breeding Bird Atlas fieldwork.
>
> Chuck Nicholson
> Norris, TN
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: tn-bird-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:tn-bird-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
> Behalf Of Don Miller
> Sent: Saturday, June 24, 2006 4:25 PM
> To: TN-Bird; Bristol-birds; Butternuts
> Subject: [TN-Bird] Barred Owl, Magnolia Warbler, etc. (Unicoi Co., TN)
>
> June 24, 2006
>
> Unicoi County--Rock Creek Recreation Area (RCRA), Unaka Mountain (UM)
>
> This morning, Jim Faunce, Jim Holt, and I birded Unicoi County for about 
> five hours.  We stopped at RCRA just outside Erwin first, spending at 
> least a half hour, and then traveled Forest Road 230 across UM.  
> Highlights of the trip were:
>
> Northern Bobwhite (singing at the Beauty Spot on UM);
>
> Barred Owl (3 at RCRA, giving a vocalization with which I am 
> unfamiliar--a drawn out, rising glissando note similar in pattern to the 
> characteristic upslurred call of American Goldfinch and Pine Siskin, but 
> without musicality; the overall effect was that of a hissing, rising 
> squeal without much volume; the vocalization could easily be overlooked 
> in a wooded environment that reduces the volume and clarity of sound);
>
> Red-breasted Nuthatch (UM);
>
> Veery (11 on UM);
>
> Chestnut-sided Warbler (5 on UM);
>
> Magnolia Warbler (singing on UM; over a period of 20-25 minutes, I heard 
> over four dozen song bouts at a range of no more than 75 feet but could 
> not find the bird; the song emanated from an area around a low spruce or 
> fir (probably the former) standing among scattered conifers (including 
> pines) amid an early successional deciduous forest; the spot is located 
> about a hundred yards west (downslope) of Forest Road 230 6.6 miles from 
> Highway 107 in Limestone Cove; travelers to the site are advised to be 
> on the lookout for the head of Trail 110 at a distance of 6.2 miles from 
> Highway 107; this trailhead is the closest obvious landmark to the 
> pullout at which the bird was found and is 0.4 mile from it).
>
> I am aware that Magnolia Warblers have been observed on UM in summer 
> fairly regularly since the late 1980's.  Information on recent 
> observations would be appreciated.
>
> Don Miller
> Greeneville, Greene Co., TN
>
>
>
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