[TN-Bird] Yellow-rumped Warbler at top of Roan MT

Hello Tennessee and Bristol Area Birders,

Yesterday (6/25/06) a group from the Southern Appalachian Highland Conserva=
ncy(SAHC) were walking with Ed Schell around the Gardens Loop Rd on top of =
Roan MT when a Yellow-rumped Warbler started singing.  The group consisted =
of Nora Schubert, Allan Trently, Ed Schell, Anne-Marie Schell, a member of =
SAHC I can't remember, and myself.  We had good looks at the Yellow-rumped =
Warbler.  We were at the parking area, past the midway point on the Loop Rd=
.  On the one way Loop Rd it was on the right side (same side as the parkin=
g area).  While we were looking at the bird, it flew across the road and an=
other bird quickly followed behind it.  It looked the same size and the fli=
ght pattern was similar.  That was all the look we had at the second bird, =
but it looked probable for a second Yellow-rumped Warbler.  Allan got a GPS=
 reading where the bird was found.  N 82 05' 46.26" W 82 08' 22.56" (in dec=
imal degrees it is N 36.0961 W 82.1396.  The elevation read ~6099 feet.  We=
 were unsure where the state line crossed the mountain.  We *think* we were=
 in Mitchell County, NC when we first saw the bird and it flew in the direc=
tion of Carter County, TN. =20

Other birds identified on this hike: (Cloudland Trail - mainly Mitchell Cou=
nty, NC)

Veery
Golden-crowned Kinglet
possible Hermit Thrush (but only heard it once and couldn't make a positive=
 ID)
Dark-eyed Junco
Chestnut-sided Warbler

Also of note, we had many national and state endangered or state concerned =
plants identified. =20

Spreading Avens
Roan MT Bluets
Graze Lily
Frasier Fir (it's on the list)
Mini bush (state concerned - I believe on both Tennessee and North Carolina=
 lists)

Again, the plants/trees were mainly in Mitchell County, North Carolina (at =
the very top of Roan).  There was a Graze Lily found blooming just below Ca=
rver's Gap off the main road in Tennessee (Carter County).

After we left Roan Mountain, Allan and I traveled to Little Wilbur area whe=
re we found Buckleya (Pirate Bush / Sapsuck) which is on the Tennessee spec=
ial concern list.  It was found behind the Old Horseshoe Freewill Baptist C=
hurch near the Hemlock trees which it has a symbiotic relationship with.  T=
he GPS coords are: N 36 20' 20.46" W 82 07' 08.58" (Decimal degrees: N 36.3=
390 W 82.1190)

Rob Biller
Elizabethton, TN
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