[TN-Bird] Re: Bachman's Sparrow current status?

Hey Bill,

I just wanted to clarify a few things. Most of the the Bachman's sparrows on 
the TN side of Ft Campbell occur in Stewart county although we do get a few on 
the Montgomery county portion too. The preponderance of the Ft Campbell 
population occurs on the KY side of the base though (Trigg Co.). These birds 
prefer the native grass fields surrounding the large impact zone that have 
frequent prescribed burning management. Although we do have both harvested and 
unharvested Loblolly pine stands Jim Giocomo and I have not seen the Bachman's 
sparrows associated with these habitats on Ft Campbell.   

As you correctly mentioned these areas are restricted access. I did lead some 
bird trips around these areas back between 2000-2005 for both the Tennessee & 
Kentucky Ornithological Societies, but had to stop as military training 
increased and access became more restricted. 

I also wanted to mention we have a new University of Tennessee graduate student 
- Emily Hockman - working with Dr Buehler on a Bachman's sparrow project at Ft 
Campbell currently. They are collecting more detailed information on occupancy, 
density, vegetation requirements for territory selection, and habitat modeling. 

Daniel Moss
Clarksville, TN



-----Original Message-----
>From: Bill Pulliam <bb551@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Jun 19, 2009 6:39 PM
>To: tn-bird Listserv <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Subject: [TN-Bird] Re: Bachman's Sparrow current status?
>
>I've gotten several private responses to my ponderings.  The gist of  
>it is this:
>
>Though people are certain the two populations centered in Wayne  
>County and White County still exist, these birds have not actually  
>been seen in several years.  I'm not so certain their continued  
>presence in these areas can be taken for granted, given the  
>transitory nature of the habitat.  Any given clearcut is only good  
>habitat for a very few years, and timber harvest practices are  
>constantly shifting.  Hence, the Montgomery County birds on closed  
>portions of Fort Campbell appear to constitute the only population in  
>Tennessee that is actually known to be in existence at present.
>
>Bill Pulliam
>Hohenwald TN
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first and last name, CITY (TOWN) and state abbreviation.
You are also required to list the COUNTY in which the birds
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appear in the first paragraph.
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