[TN-Bird] Re: Raptors at Bristol Speedway

Hi Wes, and others,

I tried to post this a week ago, but it apparently got eaten. 

Kim and Steve Henry, Tracey, Allan and I (Charlie Muise) attended a
Smokies baseball game at the stadium in Sevier County, right off
I-40.  We failed to see any nighthawks, which surprised me.  But we
did see a couple of Eastern Kingbirds nabbing insects.  We were all
surprised about 9:15pm, when one of the birds made two more
appearances - it was literally flying briefly with the bats!  

Not as good as a Merlin, but still pretty neat.

Charlie
--- "James, Wesley K." <wkjames@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> Saturday evening, while attending my first and most likely my last
> NASCAR race, I observed 3 raptors flying over the speeway about an
> hour
> before the race started at 7:30.  Based on the flight profile I
> immediately thought falcon.  I got some binocs on one of them and
> observed what appeared to be a strongly barred tail and relatively
> pale,
> streaked underparts.  After looking at my Sibley on Sunday I feel
> like
> they were merlin.  They appeared to be foraging and I did observe
> several large insects (katydids) flying under the lights.  Luckily
> the
> birds moved on toward the southwest before the F-16 formation
> flyover!
> I was wondering if any other TN-BIRD folks had attended the race
> and had
> maybe gotten a better look at these birds.  Seems like I remember
> another falcon siting last year either at this race or at a UT
> football
> game?
> Wes James
> Oak Ridge, TN
> 
> Wes James, Wildlife Biologist
> 
> Tennessee Valley Authority, Resource Stewardship
> Little Tennessee Watershed Team
> Suite 300, 804 Hwy. 321 North
> Lenoir City, Tennessee  37771
> phone: 865/988-2433  fax: 865/988-2426
> mailto:wkjames@xxxxxxx
> 
> 
> =================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
> * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
> 
>     ========================================================
> 
> 
> 


=====
**************************************************
Charlie Muise, Naturalist near
Great Smoky Mountains National Park

"Growth for the sake of growth is the ideology of cancer."  -Edward Abbey
**************************************************


                
__________________________________
Do you Yahoo!?
New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - Send 10MB messages!
http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail 
=================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
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

    ========================================================

Other related posts: