FreeLists / tn-bird / [TN-Bird] Re: Brewster's Warbler

["Allan Trently" <ajtcorax@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Good find.  Sugar Hollow Road may have a golden-winged population of 10 to 
20 birds.  A Brewster's warbler has been located in the next cove over for 
the past seven years or more.  That would be Hampton Creek Cove.



Allan Trently, Terrestrial Zoologist
Tennessee Valley Authority
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>From: "Tom Howe" <tdhowe@xxxxxxxxx>
>Reply-To: tdhowe@xxxxxxxxx
>To: <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Subject: [TN-Bird] Brewster's Warbler
>Date: Mon, 3 May 2004 20:38:28 -0400
>
>May 2, 2004
>Cherokee Ntl Forest
>Roan Mt, TN
>I spent the day hiking the Appalachian Trail from Carver's Gap east to 
>Yellow Mtn Gap then out Sugar Cove to Sugar Cove Rd. The highlights while 
>driving up rt 143 to Carver's Gap were  singing LEAST FLYCATCHERS and 
>VEERY. ROSE BREASTED GROSBEAKS were numerous; no sign of Acadian 
>Flycatchers, and no Alder Flycatchers at the gap. CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLERS 
>were in good numbers, some at the gap but many more along the ridge. Other 
>warblers included YELLOWTHROAT, CANADA, BLACK-THROATED BLUE,  BLACKBURNIAN, 
>REDSTART, YELLOW-RUMPED, YELLOW, and the best of the day--BREWSTER'S 
>WARBLER. It was a male singing zee-zaa-zaa-zaa on the left about 100 yds 
>inside the Ntl Forest boundary at the end of Sugar Cove Rd. There are a 
>couple of farm gates you must pass to get to the boundary, just to the left 
>of a pond that sports the yellow warbler. The Brewster's was up an 
>unmaintained trail around the border of an old field or home-site strewn 
>with young blackberry brambles. The plumage was just li
>  ke Sibley's  male 1st backcross, an absolute delight to see.
>
>Good Birding!
>Tom Howe
>Alcoa, TN
>tdhowe@xxxxxxxxx
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