[TN-Bird] Lake County Worm-eating Warblers

Some interest was expressed in the details of the Worm-eating  
Warblers I found yesterday (6/12/07) in Lake County.  Two of the  
three birds (including the seen bird)were at consecutive stops on the  
Tiptonville BBS, in a pretty easy-to-find area.  It is in the bluff  
forest just above the alluvial delta east of Samburg.  Directions:

 From Tiptonville, take Highway 21/22 east and around the south shore  
of Reelfoot Lake.   At the 21/22 split, go left on 22 to continue  
northeastwards along the lake.  You are looking for a turn to the  
right 4 miles beyond this split.  First you will pass through the  
small town of Samburg, which is only about a mile long.  The end of  
town is marked by a road to the left that goes towards the lake and  
the Samburg Assembly of God Church; continue on Highway 22 for about  
0.7 mile past this point and look for a right turn.  This is the  
second right after Samburg; the first right is the stub of the old  
road, the second right (the one you want) is the new road, just after  
a bridge.  There is a sign at the turn directing you to "Flippens."   
After turning continue up the hill for just about a mile, and look  
for the sharp right turn marked with a boat ramp sign.  This is the  
old road, turn down it.  Go about a quarter of a mile, where you will  
see and smell a bunch of garbage dumped off to the right.  Stop as  
soon past the garbage as your nose can tolerate, remembering that  
warblers have little sense of smell.  This is where I saw one bird  
(stop 27).  I may have left a small piece of orange flagging tape  
along the edge of the woods on the left side of the road; I'm not  
sure which stops I flagged.  This is also where the Cooper's Hawk  
flew over, and where I had my only Scarlet Tanager.  From here  
continue to the bottom of the hill at the boat ramp (stop 26).  I  
heard one Worm-eating singing here.  It is worth checking all along  
the this road, not just my two BBS stops, as this is the best forest  
habitat in the area.  Still, these stops have been covered by 40  
years of BBS runners, including me last year, without turning up even  
a single Worm-eating before much less two.

If you happen to notice that stops 26 and 27 are rather closer than  
the 0.5 mile nominal BBS spacing, we can explain.  The original stop  
26 is now underneath the reservoir at the end of this road stub.  So  
the stop had to be relocated to the boat ramp to remain on dry  
land!   Stop 27 stayed where it was.

If you come from some other direction on Highway 22 or 21, your  
landmarks are the east end of Samburg and the sign for "Flippens" at  
the turn off 22.  Then as above.

Bill Pulliam
Hohenwald TN



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