[TN-Bird] Obion Co Worm-eating Warbler

For the second time in three years, I had a singing Worm-eating  
Warbler at stop #24 of my Tiptonville BBS route in Obion County.  Two  
years ago I also had a second bird, singing AND seen, a half mile  
farther along the route at stop 25.  This morning (6/06/09) the bird  
was heard-only.  This stop is right at the base of the bluffs at the  
edge of the delta near Samburg.  To reach it, go north/east on  
highway 22 just past Samburg, and immediately after the bridge  
construction turn right at the sign for "Flippen's Hillbilly Barn."   
This takes you steeply up the bluff.  In not quite a mile at the top  
take the first public road to the right.  Unfortunately the signs at  
this road that indicated the way to a boat ramp are now horizontal in  
the ditch, perhaps ice storm victims.  It's an old but paved road  
that angles sharply back to the right and back down the bluff; there  
are no signs for it now.  It ends at a boat ramp on the shore of a  
watershed lake.  Both years the Worm-eating has been singing to the  
right as you face the lake, in the woods right near the parking area.

Stop 25, where I had a second bird in 2007, is back up the hill the  
way you came, 0.5 mile from the boat ramp, where there is a large  
area of trash dumped down the steep slope off the road to your left.   
This area was hit pretty hard by the ice storms and the canopy is  
much more open than it was in 2007.

While obviously not a rare bird in TN overall, a probable breeding  
location for this species in Obion County is certainly noteworthy.

Bill Pulliam
Hohenwald TN
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