This is a follow-up to Bill Pulliam's following inquiry of July 8 concerning locations of the Trumpeter Swan sightings in Williamson County, TN. I haven't heard of a Trumpeter Swan sighting adjacent to the I-840/Arno Road exit. The several reports of two Trumpeter Swans on Lampkins Bridge Road, between approximately June 19 and July 4, 2012, have been at coordinates 35.853588 x 86.728532. These sightings were reported to Chris Sloan and myself by the landowner, who is an attorney colleague of Chris' and my cousin. This included the attached swan picture of July 4, 2012 by the landowner, as I reported to TN-Birds on July 7, 2012. On July 5, 2012, I showed the attached swan picture to a nearby resident of Lampkins Bridge Road. He advised me that he had seen these two large solid white swans, with solid black bills, on a vinyl-lined pond a few times (very near his home) in 2011. That pond is about 1/2 mile to the south of the above pond at coordinates 35.850030 x 86.734413. The Cox's Lake sightings, as viewed from west-bound I-840 (just east of the Harpeth River), have been reported on TN-Birds by Chad Smith for July 6 and 7, and by Kristy Baker for July 8. Cox's Lake is slightly less than two miles east of the Lampkins Bridge Road pond sightings of June-July, 2012. Bob Hatcher Retired TWRA Nongame & Endangered Wildlife Coordinator (1978-2001) Brentwood, TN ************ -----Original Message----- From: tn-bird-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:tn-bird-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Bill Pulliam Sent: Sunday, July 08, 2012 11:16 AM To: TN-BIRD@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Listserv Subject: [TN-Bird] Williamson Trumpeters and eBird There seems to be some disagreement over the exact location of these swans in their eBird reports. I have received reports that maps them at this lat/long: 35.830746, -86.73336 Which is a pond immediately before the Arno Road exit ramp on westbound 840. I have another location plotted at Cox Pond, which is situated 2 miles farther east, also just north of 840, east of the Harpeth River, between Cox Road and the railroad tracks, at this lat/long: 35.846703,-86.703125 Clarification on where the birds have actually been sighted would be helpful to me and to others who wish to find them. Perhaps they have been found at both places? Thanks, Bill Pulliam Hohenwald TN =================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBER===================== The TN-Bird Net requires you to SIGN YOUR MESSAGE with first and last name, CITY (TOWN) and state abbreviation. You are also required to list the COUNTY in which the birds you report were seen. The actual DATE OF OBSERVATION should appear in the first paragraph. _____________________________________________________________ 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 ------------------------------ Assistant Moderator Andy Jones Cleveland, OH ------------------------------- Assistant Moderator Dave Worley Rosedale, VA -------------------------------- Assistant Moderator Chris O'Bryan Clemson, SC __________________________________________________________ Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society web site at http://www.tnbirds.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ARCHIVES TN-Bird Net Archives at //www.freelists.org/archives/tn-bird/ MAP RESOURCES Tenn.Counties Map at http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/states/tennessee3.gif Aerial photos to complement google maps http://local.live.com _____________________________________________________________
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