[TN-Bird] Re: Dickcissel
- From: Robin Barrow <braveladyrobin@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: blountbirder@xxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 20 May 2011 17:00:05 -0400
That's a very cooperative Dickcissel! He was right where Tom described
him this afternoon around 2 p.m. He sat on the wire singing for a
while, then he would fly about 40 yards south, then come back after a
little while. I believe there are actually 3 in the field. I heard a
second singer which I couldn't locate, and I also saw (closer to the
corner of Gravelly Hills and Chota Hill) the male singer doing what
appeared to be a courtship chase with another bird, but I didn't get a
good look at it to verify that it was a female. It wasn't anywhere
near the area of the second singer.
Thanks for the easy life bird,
Robin Barrow
On Mon, May 16, 2011 at 9:36 PM, tom howe <blountbirder@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> During the IMBD count in Blount Co. I heard 2 singing Dickcissels and
> observed one of them close to the road. The one seen was on Gravelly Hills
> Rd at Chota Ln. There is a wire stretching diagonally across the corner over
> the grass from which it sang. There is a "wide" spot on Chota where one can
> pull off. Today, Jim Human reported that he saw this individual joined by
> another. The second singer was far from the road farther south in the same
> large field. This is a first I have heard of this species in this area, at
> least during my 30+ years here.
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