[TN-Bird] Actions of the Tennessee Bird Records Committee

Here are some of the recent actions of the Tennessee Bird Records Committee.

I would like to thank everyone who took the time to submit records to the
committee and remind everyone that we would appreciate documentation of the
species (requiring documentation) as
listed in the Official List of Tennessee Birds (which is in the Tennessee
Bird Records Committee section of the Tennessee Ornithological Society
website).

The recent article on bird records committees in last month's Birding
magazine mentioned the Tennessee Bird Records Committee at the low end of
the number of records processed per year.

Documentation forms can be downloaded off the TOS website.

Thanks,

Kevin Calhoon, secretary, Tennessee Bird Records Committee





Recent Actions of the TBRC:


Accepted Records

Stellula calliope,  Calliope Hummingbird
Observation:  Bob Sargent banded a single second-year male bird at the home
of Diane Whitman in Hamilton co., TN on 22 January 2001.
Documentation: photographs and written documentation.
Vote: 6-0
Status: 3rd state record

Dendrocygna autumnalis, Black-bellied Whistling Duck
Observation: Two birds observed by Melinda Welton on 5 May 2001 at Barkley
WMA, Stewart co., TN.
Documentation:  written documentation
Vote: 6-0
Status: 4th state record 

Loxia leucoptera, White-winged Crossbill
Observation: A single male bird observed at the residence of Maurice Edwards
on 15 February 2000 in Hamilton co. TN
Documentation: photographs and written documentation
Vote: 6-0
Status: Casual status on TN list

Larus hyperboreus,  Glaucous Gull 
Observation: A single first winter bird seen by Chris Sloan and Jay
Desgrosellier on 26 February, 2001 at Britton Ford (Tennessee NWR) Henry co.
TN
Documentation: written documentation
Vote: 6-0
Status: Accidental status on TN list

 
Buteo swainsoni, Swainson's Hawk
Observation: A single adult bird seen by Alan Wormington on 6 October 2000
in Dyer co., TN
Documentation: written documentation
Vote: 6-0
Status: This record is the third written documentation for the species in
the state, so it is taken off the Provisional section of the Official List
of Tennessee Birds.

Larus minutus, Little Gull
Observation:  A single adult bird seen by Chris Sloan and Jay Desgrosellier
on Reelfoot Lake in Obion co., TN on 31 March 2001.
Documentation: written documentation
Vote: 6-0
Status: second written documentation for the species in TN, so it remains on
the Provisional section of the Official List of Tennessee Birds.

Podiceps auritus, Eared Grebe
Observation: A single bird seen on Center Hill Lake in DeKalb co., TN by
Stephen Stedman on 22 November 2000.
Documentation: written documentation
Vote: 6-0
Status: casual status on TN list


Not Accepted 

Larus thayeri, Thayer's Gull
Observation: First winter bird seen at Pickwick Dam in Hardin co., TN on 3
Feb. 2001 by Chris Sloan, Phillip Casteel, Frank Fekel, and Jeff Wilson.
Documentation: written documentation
Vote: 4-1, 1 abstention
       

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