[TN-Bird] Re: 237 species in Northeast Tenn is the all-time single year record
- From: "Wallace Coffey" <jwcoffey@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "TN-birds" <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2006 22:35:54 -0500
Please excuse my change of direction in the message about 237 species seen
in Northeast Tennessee in ONE YEAR by Howard Langridge. Somewhere in the
discussion about birding in various counties, I became confused and thought
Don Miller was suggesting 200 species in one year in a county. Obviously,
when I go back and read what he wrote, he was talking about 200 species in a
county over the long haul and not just for a single year. Hope what I wrote
didn't start someone else down the "road to hell paved with good
intentions." ;-0
Let's go birding....
Wallace Coffey
Bristol, TN
----- Original Message -----
From: "Wallace Coffey" <jwcoffey@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: "TN-birds" <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, January 30, 2006 11:37 AM
Subject: [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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=================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBER=====================
The TN-Bird Net requires you to sign your messages with
first and last name, city (town) and state abbreviation.
You are also required to list the count in which the birds
you report were seen. The actual date of observation should
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