FreeLists / bristol-birds / [Bristol-Birds] Yellow-rumped Warbler at top of Roan MT

[Robert Biller <merlin42@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello Tennessee and Bristol Area Birders,

Yesterday (6/25/06) a group from the Southern Appalachian Highland 
Conservancy(SAHC) were walking with Ed Schell around the Gardens Loop Rd on top 
of Roan MT when a Yellow-rumped Warbler started singing.  The group consisted 
of Nora Schubert, Allan Trently, Ed Schell, Anne-Marie Schell, a member of SAHC 
I can't remember, and myself.  We had good looks at the Yellow-rumped Warbler.  
We were at the parking area, past the midway point on the Loop Rd.  On the one 
way Loop Rd it was on the right side (same side as the parking area).  While we 
were looking at the bird, it flew across the road and another bird quickly 
followed behind it.  It looked the same size and the flight pattern was 
similar.  That was all the look we had at the second bird, but it looked 
probable for a second Yellow-rumped Warbler.  Allan got a GPS reading where the 
bird was found.  N 82 05' 46.26" W 82 08' 22.56" (in decimal degrees it is N 
36.0961 W 82.1396.  The elevation read ~6099 feet.  We were unsure where the 
state line crossed the mountain.  We *think* we were in Mitchell County, NC 
when we first saw the bird and it flew in the direction of Carter County, TN.  

Other birds identified on this hike: (Cloudland Trail - mainly Mitchell County, 
NC)

Veery
Golden-crowned Kinglet
possible Hermit Thrush (but only heard it once and couldn't make a positive ID)
Dark-eyed Junco
Chestnut-sided Warbler

Also of note, we had many national and state endangered or state concerned 
plants identified.  

Spreading Avens
Roan MT Bluets
Graze Lily
Frasier Fir (it's on the list)
Mini bush (state concerned - I believe on both Tennessee and North Carolina 
lists)

Again, the plants/trees were mainly in Mitchell County, North Carolina (at the 
very top of Roan).  There was a Graze Lily found blooming just below Carver's 
Gap off the main road in Tennessee (Carter County).

After we left Roan Mountain, Allan and I traveled to Little Wilbur area where 
we found Buckleya (Pirate Bush / Sapsuck) which is on the Tennessee special 
concern list.  It was found behind the Old Horseshoe Freewill Baptist Church 
near the Hemlock trees which it has a symbiotic relationship with.  The GPS 
coords are: N 36 20' 20.46" W 82 07' 08.58" (Decimal degrees: N 36.3390 W 
82.1190)

Rob Biller
Elizabethton, TN
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