[tn-bird] Re: additional Bell's Vireo info

Aug. 28, 2002
Black Bayou
Lake Co. TN

I was at Black Bayou this morning by 7:30 and back in Memphis by 10:30. It 
just happens that my nerve damaged hearing allows me to hear the Bell's Vireo 
from a pretty good distance where I can't hear some warblers even if you were 
to stick one in my ear. The Bell's started singing after I had been searching 
for about 45 minutes. I finally located it working in the tree line about 150 
yards north of the levee mentioned in Mike's post. The tree line is mainly 
Oak not Autumn Olive, which had thrown me off in my search, since the few 
Olive Trees that you can see did not jive with the directions.

We talked about this very place and the secessional habitat earlier this year 
as being perfect for this species. I have been watching and listening at 
similar habitat in a couple of places by no luck. These birds (I only saw and 
heard one) could very well have bred here because no one ever gets very far 
from the levees and the habitat is extensive. Next year!!

The bird was working in a very small area and finally perched up just long 
enough for me to get some portrait shots at about 100 feet. Once it left this 
perch it quit singing and I grinned all the way back to Memphis. I've seen 
this species only 4 times in TN, once in May and 3 times in September and 
this is the first time I have been able to photographed it in TN.

If interested I'll share the photos if you drop me a line. It is a feisty 
little thing.

Thanks Mike for a great little bird............

Good Birding!!!

Jeff R. Wilson
OL' COOT / TLBA
Bartlett Tenn.


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