[TN-Bird] 237 species in Northeast Tenn is the all-time single year record

When Howard Langridge broke the five-county Northeast Tennessee single year 
species record in 2000, he came up with 237 species seen in Carter, Johnson, 
Sullivan, Unicoi and Washington counties. 
It was possible because birders throughout the region watched for good birds 
and called him every time there was something he could add to his list. He 
always showed up to get the bird.   Rick Knight pointed out that 2000 was an 
exceptional year for rare birds in Northeast Tennessee.   That helped build the 
final total. So, in a sense, it was sort of a team effort by many birders in 
the region and not just one person.

Langridge broke the old record of 231 which had been set 11 years prior by 
Brian Cross in 1989.  That was an individual record and not a team approach for 
the five counties. 

By June 2000, Langridge had made a significant start at 213 species for five 
counties in a six-month period.  It took him the rest of the year to get 24 
more species.

At first brush, it seems like getting 200 species in just one of those five 
counties might be a tall order.  But I don't really know.

Let's go birding......

Wallace Coffey
Bristol, TN
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