[birdky] Re: desperately seeking loads of towhees
- From: David Roemer <dlroemer@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: BIRDKY <birdky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, davidbrown5@xxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 5 Mar 2009 17:32:56 -0800 (PST)
Sounds perfect for White-throated Sparrows to me.
David L. Roemer
Bowling Green
--- On Thu, 3/5/09, David Brown <davidbrown5@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> From: David Brown <davidbrown5@xxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [birdky] desperately seeking loads of towhees
> To: "BIRDKY" <birdky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Thursday, March 5, 2009, 11:18 AM
> Hi birdky listserv,
>
> I'm a new faculty member at EKU- moved up from
> Louisiana over the summer.
>
> My primary research area is winter ecology of migrant
> songbirds.
>
> First posting to this listserv- nothing to report, but I do
> have a couple of
> questions.
>
> I'm still trying to find the "ideal" winter
> species to work with here in
> Kentucky, which means species that are migratory,
> site-faithful during the
> winter, relatively small home ranges, and most important,
> can be found in
> high abundance/density.
>
> Any thoughts on good species?
>
> I had high hopes for Towhees, but so far I haven't
> found them to be
> abundant. That is until last weekend when I took a trip to
> Knoxville and
> found them everywhere. I suspect that the low, warm,
> relatively green
> valley of the Tennessee river is part of the reason for
> finding lots of
> towhees in Knoxville as well as the southern shift in
> latitude. So far I've
> learned enough about KY to know that Knoxville is in TN and
> not KY, but I
> have new hope of finding pockets with high towhee abundance
> closer to
> Richmond.
>
> Eastern Phoebes would be another good study species if it
> can be found in
> high abundance.
>
> So question number 2, Can anyone suggest areas in KY that
> might have lots of
> towhees and/or phoebes during the winter?
>
> Thanks for any help, and I look forward to being part of
> the ky bird-people
> community. Unfortunately I won't be able to make it to
> the KOS spring
> meeting, but I plan to attend some of the future meetings.
>
> David Brown
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