[TN-Bird] Barred Owl, Magnolia Warbler, etc. (Unicoi Co., TN)
- From: Don Miller <raincrow@xxxxxxx>
- To: TN-Bird <TN-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Bristol-birds <bristol-birds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Butternuts <butternuts@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 24 Jun 2006 16:25:14 -0400
June 24, 2006
Unicoi County--Rock Creek Recreation Area (RCRA), Unaka Mountain (UM)
This morning, Jim Faunce, Jim Holt, and I birded Unicoi County for about
five hours. We stopped at RCRA just outside Erwin first, spending at
least a half hour, and then traveled Forest Road 230 across UM.
Highlights of the trip were:
Northern Bobwhite (singing at the Beauty Spot on UM);
Barred Owl (3 at RCRA, giving a vocalization with which I am
unfamiliar--a drawn out, rising glissando note similar in pattern to the
characteristic upslurred call of American Goldfinch and Pine Siskin, but
without musicality; the overall effect was that of a hissing, rising
squeal without much volume; the vocalization could easily be overlooked
in a wooded environment that reduces the volume and clarity of sound);
Red-breasted Nuthatch (UM);
Veery (11 on UM);
Chestnut-sided Warbler (5 on UM);
Magnolia Warbler (singing on UM; over a period of 20-25 minutes, I heard
over four dozen song bouts at a range of no more than 75 feet but could
not find the bird; the song emanated from an area around a low spruce or
fir (probably the former) standing among scattered conifers (including
pines) amid an early successional deciduous forest; the spot is located
about a hundred yards west (downslope) of Forest Road 230 6.6 miles from
Highway 107 in Limestone Cove; travelers to the site are advised to be
on the lookout for the head of Trail 110 at a distance of 6.2 miles from
Highway 107; this trailhead is the closest obvious landmark to the
pullout at which the bird was found and is 0.4 mile from it).
I am aware that Magnolia Warblers have been observed on UM in summer
fairly regularly since the late 1980's. Information on recent
observations would be appreciated.
Don Miller
Greeneville, Greene Co., TN
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