[TN-Bird] Blue-headed Vireo, Lewis County

From: Bill Pulliam <bb551@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "TNBird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Birds" <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2010 09:56:15 -0500
I was able to confirm that the bird I heard 5 days ago (6/11/2010) in  
the Lewis State Forest in central Lewis County is indeed a Blue- 
headed Vireo.  I returned to the spot this morning (6/16/2010) and  
got good looks at it.  It is singing a simplified, repetitive variant  
of the usual song, which is what made me hesitant at first (Yellow- 
throated Vireos occasionally sing a somewhat similar reduced song  
with less reediness and less variation in phrases than is typical for  
them).  Being at the same spot for 5 days in mid-June would seem to  
preclude a very late migrant.  I'll continue checking the spot every  
week or so to see if I find evidence of a mate or confirmed nesting.   
The habitat is fairly mature pine (mostly loblolly, some shortleaf  
and black) mixed with much subcanopy hardwood.

This bird is interesting in combination with the one that Scott  
Somershoe found in late May in Cheatham County.  Apparently there  
were no records of the species from the Western Highland Rim on the  
breeding bird atlas; has there ever been confirmed nesting of the  
species in this province?  This is one of Tennessee's more sparsely- 
birded provinces, especially the Wayne-Lewis-Perry-Hickman-Humphreys  
county area outside of a few hot spots.  Many hills-n-hollers and  
very few birders to cover them, so absence of evidence would not  
necessarily constitute evidence of absence.

Bill Pulliam
Hohenwald TN
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