[Bristol-Birds] Christ O'Bryan publishes lead article in THE RAVEN
- From: "Wallace Coffey" <jwcoffey@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "Bristol-birds" <bristol-birds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2010 23:38:58 -0400
Christopher J. O'Bryan, who grew up as a high school
member of the Bristol Bird Club, has published the lead
article in the Virginia Society of Ornithology's 2008
science publication, The Raven.
The paper is the first ever publication for the
rising senior at Austin Peay State University,
Clarksville, TN. As the first named author, O'Bryan has
assistance from further named authors J. Wallace Coffey
of Bristol, TN and Andrew W. Jones of the Department of
Ornithology, Cleveland Museum of Natural History,
Cleveland, OH.
Southwest Virginia's First Winter Nest Record of Barn
Owl (Tyto alba), appears in Vol. 79 (1&2): 3-4.
It publishes the finding of an active winter Barn Owl
nest discovered 2 Jan 2005 near DeBusk Mill in
Washington County, Virginia. Debusk Mill is located
on Rt. 736 along the Middle Fork Holston River, 5km
south of Glade Spring.
"This is apparently the first regional record of winter
nesting for the species and one of only a handful for
the state of Virginia (Clapp 1997).
The trio believed they heard Barn Owls hissing from
within a metal feed storage bin. Using a ladder,
O'Bryan climbed onto the top of the 9m high structure
and was able to look down thru a small trap door to
see an adult owl and two young standing on a cross
beam. The owls eventually dropped into the bottom
of the bin and O'Bryan was able to detect a third
and younger bird crouched there. It was soon covered
by the adult.
Several photos were taken.
O'Bryan grew up in Shady Valley, TN and Piney Flats,
TN.
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