[Bristol-Birds] Juvenile sapsucker found at lower elevation in Grayson Co., VA
- From: "Wallace Coffey" <jwcoffey@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "'Bristol Bird Club'" <bristol-birds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 7 Aug 2014 02:09:57 -0400
Allen Boynton birding at
Rocky Hollow Rd (SR 739),
Grayson Co. VA
6 August 2014
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1 "Juvenile - broad white stripe
from shoulder to primaries while perched at 30 yards, seen
with 10 x 42 binocs and at 20 yards with 25 x 80 scope.
Calls also heard. Positive ID."
Northern Bobwhite 2
Cooper's Hawk 1
Eastern Screech-Owl 1
NOTE: This is about 2 miles SE of Troudale near Va. Rt 16.
Much of this route is between about 2900 to 3400 feet elevation.
Much of this area in the upper elevations have many pairs of
sapsuckers breeding there.
On 19 June 2004, eleven members of the Bristol Bird Club
had an off-road field trip with several 4-wheel drives and
found six (6) sapsuckers along the four-mile length of
the 'Possum Creek jeep trail on the northwest face of
Stone Mountain up to the "Scales" at 4,400 feet elevation
at the Appalachian Trail and Pine Mountain.
Five of those birds were at two new breeding territories
Ron Harrington and I had not found the day before. Those
birds were above 4,000 feet and the BBC field trip birds
the following day were below 4,000, except for one. BBC members
found five territories along this route in two days.
Checking all the sites by gender of birds for the two days,
BBC found eight (8) sapsuckers along this road. The elevations
of the territories range from 3,860 feet to 4,300 feet.
Wallace Coffey
Bristol, TN
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