FreeLists / tn-bird / [TN-Bird] Scissor-t Flycatchers evicted in Dyer Co.TN

[OLCOOT1@xxxxxxx]

June 11, 2003
Hurd Loop Road
Lake Co. TN
I followed storms all the way north from Memphis. In Covington, trees were 
down in two areas as I passed through. When I arrived at the nest tree on 103 
Highway in Dyer Co, one look told me my assessment of the location on Sunday 
was 
correct. She had made another poor choice for a nest site. The wind had 
pulled on the limb that was turned under the nest and the nest was pushed over 
to 
one side of the fork.

After checking other nests and birds, I came back by the tree and saw Ken 
Leggett and Nancy Moore standing underneath. I told them the nest would not 
make 
the afternoon and sure enough on my next trip, I found the nest laying in the 
road. The good part was, she had not started laying. I'm sure she has eggs 
ready to be laid in the next day or so and will be building a new nest in a 
hurry. I hope she does not move far and we can relocate the new site.

I took close photos of the nest which was much neater than most 
Scissor-tailed nests I've seen. Interwoven in the rootlets and twigs were tuffs 
of cotton 
that had been gleaned out of the field across the road. There were cotton seeds 
in these many tuffs and with a little wet weather she might have been able to 
get a cotton allotment had they sprouted.

Good Birding!!!

Jeff R. Wilson
OL' COOT / TLBA
Bartlett Tenn.


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