FreeLists / tn-bird / [TN-Bird] WSMV NEWS: birding's Bell's Bend to get MAJOR shopping center & development?????

[Dthomp2669@xxxxxxx]

Birders,
 
Channel 4 in Nashville just reported that papers were filed today for  
permits to build a major shipping center just across the river from me in 
Bell's  
Bend, which is where the whooping cranes, some bald eagles and many  other 
great 
birds nest or winter.  They said a bridge would be built  which I think will 
be at the old Cleece's Ferry location.  It is going to  be BIG, and that also 
means that Bell's Bend MAY be the next big frontier  for home building and 
other "improvements."  This is NOT good news for  birders, especially in view 
of 
the thought that a nice wildlife area was  recently put in over there.  Of 
course, the sod farms where many good birds  have been found are likely to be 
"developed"
 
Just before the 5 PM news,  a helicopter was hovering above the  Cumberland 
River which is only a few blocks from my house.  It was too  cloudy to tell 
whose it was, but I assume it was a TV news helicopter feeding  photos back to 
the station.  Since I am only about 4 blocks from Cleece's,  my property may 
end 
up as part of a bridge approach, or I may be on the edge of  an interchange.  
Good grief, Charlie Brown!!!!!!
 
Just thought all you birders might be interested.  I know that many of  you 
have been here from all over Tennessee and nearby states to see the  
"whoopers."  I had quite a few calls from a bunch of birders who know I  live 
just 
across the river.
 
I really hate to see that little bend of wilderness become "city," but I'm  
sure Metro Council will approve anything that they think will bring in more tax 
 revenue.  Bell's Bend is why I get owls, hawks and all kinds of non-city  
birds here at my house.  I dread seeing it developed.
 
Dee Thompson
Nashville, TN


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