[Bristol-Birds] more Warbling Vireos, Loggerhead Shrike

Cripple Creek Rd. is an out of the way backroad between hills near the juncture 
of Carter, Washington and Sullivan Counties.  I drove it Sunday morning and 
felt like I was in the National Forest in the mountains instead of the middle 
of the valley.  
 
     SUN 21 MAY 2006
     Cripple Creek Rd., Carter Co., TN
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Acadian Flycatcher
Eastern Phoebe
Red-eyed Vireo
Wood Thrush
Pine Warbler
Ovenbird
Hooded Warbler
Scarlet Tanager
Song Sparrow
Indigo Bunting
American Goldfinch
 
     Woodlyn Rd., (St. John's Pond), Washington Co., TN
Warbling Vireo
Blue Grosbeak
 
     Big Creek Rd., Cherokee Natl. Forest, Sullivan Co., TN
     (with Dianne Draper)
Ruffed Grouse
Wild Turkey (with young)
Pine Warbler
 
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     MON 22 MAY 2006
     Hales Rd., Washington Co., TN
Warbling Vireo
Baltimore Oriole
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     TUE 23 MAY 2006
     Hales Rd., Washington Co., TN
Loggerhead Shrike 
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The Warbling Vireos I've been finding lately show an interesting distribution 
when viewed on a map of the area, like Delormes TN Atlas, pg. 62.  The sites I 
previously posted 18 MAY 2006 from Washington Co. at Bush Hog Blvd., Shanks 
Rd., Kyker Rd., and McInturff Rd. are all on Big Limestone Creek that drains 
into the Nolichuckey River.  The Hales Rd. site is on Boones Creek that flows 
into the Watauga system.  The Woodlyn Rd. site is on Brush Creek that also 
flows to the Watauga River.  Regardless of the drainages, all of these sites 
are arranged in a straight line through the middle of the valley between the 
Unaka range and the Bays Mountain range.  I haven't a clue if it means 
anything, but I find it peculiar.
 
Don Holt
Johnson City, TN

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