[TN-Bird] Re: Warbling Vireo (Jefferson Co.)
- From: K Dean EDWARDS <kde@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: Don Miller <raincrow@xxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2005 00:10:11 -0400 (EDT)
A good find for Jeff Co., Don.
In reply to Don's notes on Warbling Vireo in Jefferson Co.,
A pair nested at Mossy Creek WMA in Jefferson City, within
sight of Cherokee Dam (2-3 miles) last year.
Boyd Sharp told me about 10 years ago to look for them
along the Holston River below the dam. Despite much
looking since then, the ones at Mossy Creek last year
were the first I had found on this side of the county.
They are much more common on Douglas Lake. Several nest
around Rankin Bottoms. I've also found them on the
Jefferson Co. side of the lake near White Pine.
On an off-topic note, Amber and I weathered Tropical
Storm Arlene in Destin, Florida. Not much of a blow.
A little rain, not much wind but some rough surf and
waves lapping at the back of the condo. 8-10 1st- and
2nd-year Northern Gannets gave a little excitement at
first thinking they might be Boobies but little else
in the storm-blown bird area. Not even a Frigatebird
or Sooty Tern.
Least Terns are abundant here, foresaking the
crowded beaches and nesting on seemingly every flat-
roofed building and shopping center in town. We had
a couple families of Snowy Plovers across the Destin
Bridge on Eglin Air Force Base property today. Also
a few Southern Beach Tiger Beetles. Sandwich, Gull-
billed, Royal, Capian Terns are around in good numbers
as well. We've spotted at least two pair of Gray
Kingbirds hanging around town. Eurasian Collared-Doves
might just out-number starlings.
Dean Edwards
Knoxville, TN
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