[bcbirdclub] Birding Eastern Buchanan County
- From: "Roger Mayhorn" <mayhorn@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "BCBC Listserve" <bcbirdclub@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 7 Apr 2008 10:02:05 -0400
Yesterday, Sunday, while Ed, Michelle and Chazzy were birding the Breaks Park
on the western side of the county, David Raines and I were birding the eastern
part of the county. We started with Mullins Rd, a road that runs off the south
side of Compton Mt and meets Rte 635 (Linn Camp). We then drove eastward along
Rte 616 to Horse Ridge an area near the community of Peapatch. All of this area
is included in our CBC circle and Horse Ridge is the highest point in the
circle with an elevation of 2920 feet.
Like the Talbotts we also found Black-throated Green Warblers, but only 2. They
had 18 Blue-headed Vireos and we had 1. We found no Black-and-white Warblers
but we did find our first of the season Barn Swallow on Horse Ridge and later
in the evening we found our first of the season Blue-gray Gnatcatcher on the
eastern side of Compton Mt.
This big variation in numbers found in the two different areas of the county
lends credence to the theory, that some of us in the bird club have, that most
of the early spring migrants follow the 90 plus mile ridge of Pine Mountain
northward from Tennessee into the Breaks Park. The first migrants seem to show
up there first.
Roger Mayhorn
Compton Mt
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