[Bristol-Birds] Re: South Holston Lake, Kingsport Greenbelt, and Patrick Henry Lake Birding
- From: "Wallace Coffey" <jwcoffey@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "Bristol Bird List" <bristol-birds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 26 Mar 2004 11:37:04 -0500
> There are down feathers on the Red-shouldered Hawk's nest. Is that from
the
> parent to line nest or evidence of young in the nest? What a beautiful day
> to be out birding!
Bill Grigsby and Bristol Area Birders:
The down feathers you see at the Red-shouldred Hawk nest are are part of the
lining of the nest by the adults. At several of the nests of these species
I have seen, you can see down feathers hanging in the lower shrubs and
understory trees beneath the nest. The down feathers blow out of the nest
and drift down into the lower vegetation and some of them drift out into the
woods away from the nest. Sometimes you discover a Red-shouldered's nest by
first seeing a lot of white down in the trees around you. You then begin to
search above and there is the nest !
That was an interesting and valuable report, Bill. Glad someone is posting
the activities at the tailwater Great Blue Heron colony.
Take care.
Let's go birding.....
Wallace Coffey
Bristol, TN
*************************************************
BRISTOL BIRDS NET LIST
Bristol Birds Net Photo Gallery located at:
http://f2.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/jwcoffeyy/album?.dir=/efd5
This is a regional birding list sponsored by the
Bristol Bird Club to facilitate communications
between birders and bird clubs of Southwest Virginia
and Northeast Tennessee.
--------------------------------------------------
You are subscribed to Bristol-Birds.
To post to this mailing list, simply send an email
to: bristol-birds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe, send
an email to bristol-birds-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with
the one word 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field.
--------------------------------------------------
Wallace Coffey, Moderator
wallace@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
(423)764-****
Other related posts:
