[TN-Bird] Savannah Sparrow in Sullivan Co.

A Savannah Sparrow was found singing on territory Tuesday (6/28), establishing 
a new breeding season species for Sullivan County in Northeast Tennessee.

Dave Worley and I discovered the bird singing from a fence post at 1620 ft. 
elevation.  It is normally a higher elevation species during the breeding 
season.

It is a rare summer species over most of our region.  It has expanded southward 
through the mountains into Johnson Co. since 1991. There are a handfull of 
records in Carter, Washington, Hawkins and Cocke counties. 

Let's go birding......

Wallace Coffey
Bristol, TN



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