[tn-bird] Significant Sighting in Northeast Tennessee
- From: "Rack Cross" <frogfarm@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "tn-bird" <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>,"bristol-birds" <bristol-birds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 14 Aug 2002 10:23:13 -0400
Hello Birders
This evening (Aug 18, 2002) while birding at Musick's Campground, =
Bristol, TN (Sullivan Co.) at approx. 6:30PM until 7:45PM, Don Holt, =
David Smith and myself observed an aerial show as displayed by a Least =
Tern. The bird was within close range (less than 15 yards) several =
times. Many near shore hovering dives were made by the tern. The field =
marks gathered by the group causes us to believe this was a first year =
bird and include the following: Dark bill, black leading edge on =
shoulder, forked tail noticed when hovering, smaller in overall size =
than the (9) Black Terns in the area (BTW the Least Tern remained =
independant of the Black Terns), black lines through the eyes and =
lighter on top of head, white underside and light gray back.
According to Knight's "The Birds of Northeast Tennessee" only two =
previous accounts of this species have occurred in Northeast Tennessee, =
both at Austin Springs, Johnson City (Washington Co.). Knight lists the =
species as: Visitor (accidental). Robinson lists more than twenty =
records each for both East and Middle TN in the state records book, per =
communication with Wallace Coffey.
Bird movement is certainly underway in the Northeast portion of our =
state and this makes for exciting outings with many surprises!
Good Birding
F.D. Rack Cross II
Blountville, TN
Sullivan County
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