FreeLists / tn-bird / [TN-Bird] Eur. Col. Dove Monroe Cnty

[Charlie <cmmbirds@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi folks,

Yesterday we Tremonsters (folks who work at Great Smoky Mountains
Institute at Tremont) took a trip to see where the milk we serve to
kids comes from.  We visited Maifield Dairy (McMinn County( and
Sweetwater Valley Farm (Monroe County).  This was not a birding trip
and I carried no optics, but still saw a number of birds.

Highlights birdwise were a group of about 25 Cedar Waxwings in some
fruit trees (Prunus sp) at Mayfield, and 2 Eurasian Collared Doves at
the farm.  This was my first sighting of collared doves in Tennessee
northeast of Hamilton County.

It was interesting seen all 3 dove/pigeons in one location.  The
Eurasian Collared Doves seem to have a different approach and landing
when coming to utility wires than the Rock Pigeons do.  They appear
to start their approach from further away, slowing down sooner and
coming in more level than the Rock Pigeons who coming and sort of
drop down. 

Charlie

*******************************************************************
Charlie Muise, Naturalist near
Great Smoky Mountains National Park

"To the dull mind all nature is leaden.  To the illuminated mind 
the whole world sparkles with light."  - Ralph Waldo Emerson


                
__________________________________________ 
Yahoo! DSL ? Something to write home about. 
Just $16.99/mo. or less. 
dsl.yahoo.com 

=================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBER=====================

The TN-Bird Net requires you to sign your messages with
first and last name, city (town) and state abbreviation.
You are also required to list the count in which the birds
you report were seen.  The actual date of observation should
appear in the first paragraph.
_____________________________________________________________
To post to this mailing list, simply send email to:
tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
_____________________________________________________________ 
To unsubscribe, send email to:
tn-bird-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field.
______________________________________________________________
  TN-Bird Net is owned by the Tennessee Ornithological Society 
       Neither the society(TOS) nor its moderator(s)
        endorse the views or opinions expressed
        by the members of this discussion group.
 
         Moderator: Wallace Coffey, Bristol, TN
                 wallace@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

_____________________________________________________________
     Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society
          web site at http://www.tnbirds.org
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Topographical Maps located at http://topozone.com/find.asp

_____________________________________________________________