[Bristol-Birds] Historical Snippet - DATE CORRECTION (ROAN MOUNTAIN)
- From: "Wallace Coffey" <jwcoffey@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "Bristol-birds" <bristol-birds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2008 16:09:15 -0400
CORRECTION NOTE: Historical Snippet - June 15-20,1936
In reviewing records from the 1936 field party jamboree held by TOS
on Roan Mountain, today, I began to notice that several of the dates
in the species accounts were for a period outside the time span
reported by Albert F. Ganier.
It turns out that Ganier evidently listed the wrong dates for the jamboree
at Roan Mountain. Shortly after returning to Nashville, he published
a short note in THE MIGRANT reporting they had visited Roan Mnt.
June 22-27 (CORRECT). Below is the reference and a reproduction of the date
he listed in that September 1936 issue of the state journal.
After looking at the various reports and considering the dates for
species seen and nests found, it appears that the accurate date for
this event was:
Monday June 22-Saturday June 27, 1936
(CORRECT DATE)
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Monday thru Saturday
June 22-27, 1936 (CORRECT DATE)
reported by Ganier, THE MIGRANT, Vol 7, No. 3, pp 75
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In the December issue of the journal he wrote the
report and results of the visit to Roan Mountain for the
journal. Here he listed the dates as June 15-20
THE MIGRANT Vol. 7, No. 4, pp 84, 1936.
June 15-20, 1936 (INCORRECT) Ganier
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In December 1936, Bruce Tyler and Bob Lyle
prepared a notebook about the event and
distributed one to each of the party members. The
date on the front listed June 23-28 (INCORRECT)
June 23-28, 1936 (INCORRECT) Tyler & Lyle
Tuesday thru Sunday
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DATES FROM THE SPECIES ACCOUNT
Duck Hawk (Peregrine Falcon) June 22 and June 24
Northern Raven June 25
Red-breasted Nuthatch nest June 23
Eastern Winter Wren June 25
Eastern Robin June 22
Eastern Bluebird June 25
Cedar Waxwing June 25
Mountain Vireo June 22
Chestnut-sided Warbler June 22
Canada Warbler June 25
Mississippi Song Sparrow June 22
I regret not having detected these errors earlier.
Let's go birding......
Wallace Coffey
Bristol, TN
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