FreeLists / bristol-birds / [Bristol-Birds] American Golden-Plover, Washington Co., TN

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D. Holt
~5 pm, Monday, November 03, 2003
Keebler Rd., Limestone, TN (Washington Co.)
36=B0 12' 29"N, 82=B0 38' 39"W=20

I went looking for the Lapland Longspur reported by Rick Knight.  I didn't=20
find it, but in the pond next to Tri-State (Equipment?), I found a plover=20
amongst several Kildeer.  I at first assumed it to be the Black-bellied Plov=
er that=20
Rick also reported, but patience paid off with good views of the following=20
when the bird flew (and came back, and flew again):  Base of tail not contra=
sting=20
white, upper wing not boldly striped white, underwing gray without black=20
axillaries.  I also heard its flight call and checked it against the Stokes=20=
Field=20
Guide to Bird Songs CD.  It matched the shrill, two note, rising call of the=
=20
American Golden-Plover.  The National Geographic Field Guide mnemonic=20
(ku-wheep) is a pretty good rendition of what I heard.  The Golden-Plover le=
ft with the=20
Kildeers heading northwest shortly before a Northern Harrier flew over the=20
pond from the south.

Don Holt
Johnson City, TN
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