On Saturday, June 5, (during the Elizabethton Summer Bird Count), I had "two" Canada Warblers singing along the Little Milligan boat ramp road in Little Milligan, Carter Co., TN. If I am not mistaken, the elevation there is just slightly less than 2,000 feet. I have not yet returned to see if they are still present. Thomas McNeil Elizabethton, TN tsmcneil@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [Original Message] > From: Wallace Coffey <jwcoffey@xxxxxxxxxx> > To: Bristol-birds <bristol-birds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Date: 6/8/2004 10:28:42 PM > Subject: [Bristol-Birds] low elevation Canada Warbler -- Shady Valley > > Today, 8 June, a Canada Warbler was heard singing at 2,260 feet elevation along Beaverdam Stream and TN Rt. 133 in Shady Valley, Johnson Co., TN. > This is a very low elevation record for the species during the breeding season in Tennessee. I know of none lower. > > The bird was discovered by Chris O'Bryan, Ron Harrington and Wallace Coffey while conducting a bird survey in the north-facing cove hardwood -- a riparian habitat. It was singing from a dark, damp and cool site which had several hemlock. > > The previous low elevation record in the watershed was one seen 16 Jun 1996 by Andy Jones at 2290 ft. in a nearby yellow poplar cove hardwood of the same gorge. > > The first indication of the species moving down elevation was two birds seen 9 May 1976 at a bog/pond in Haynes Wright's woods in Shady Valley on Sluder Rd., at 2940 ft. elevation by Wallace Coffey, Pat Stallings and Daniel Jacobson. > > In the Virginia Cumberlands, just northwest of the area, the bird has been recorded as low as 1740 feet and in North Carolina down to 1600 feet at Chimney Rock. > > Let's go birding.... > > Wallace Coffey > Bristol, TN > > > > > > > ************************************************* > BRISTOL BIRDS NET LIST > Bristol Birds Net Photo Gallery located at: > http://f2.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/jwcoffeyy/album?.dir=/efd5 > > This is a regional birding list sponsored by the > Bristol Bird Club to facilitate communications > between birders and bird clubs of Southwest Virginia > and Northeast Tennessee. > -------------------------------------------------- > You are subscribed to Bristol-Birds. > To post to this mailing list, simply send an email > to: bristol-birds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe, send > an email to bristol-birds-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with > the one word 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field. > -------------------------------------------------- > Wallace Coffey, Moderator > wallace@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > (423)764-**** Thomas McNeil Elizabethton, TN tsmcneil@xxxxxxxxxxxxx =================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBER===================== The TN-Bird Net requires you to sign your messages with first and last name, city (town) and state abbreviation. ----------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------- To post to this mailing list, simply send email to: tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx ----------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, send email to: tn-bird-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * TN-Bird Net is owned by the Tennessee Ornithological Society Neither the society(TOS) nor its moderator(s) endorse the views or opinions expressed by the members of this discussion group. Moderator: Wallace Coffey, Bristol, TN wallace@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society web site at http://www.tnbirds.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Topographical Maps located at http://topozone.com/find.asp * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ========================================================