[Bristol-Birds] Re: Bob Ake looks for Eared Grebe at South Holston Lake
- From: Rack Cross <rackcross@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: jwcoffey@xxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2012 08:36:56 -0500
Wallace thanks for mentioning the visit of Dr. Bob Ake to Musick's
Campground. He was a lot of fun to bird with on a pelagic trip out of
Florida where he needed one of the Topicbirds for his big year. His
blog posts from that year are still available at
http://bobsbirds.blogspot.com/ if anyone is interested.
Rack Cross
Blountville, TN
On 11/4/12, Wallace Coffey <jwcoffey@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Dr. Bob Ake, a prominent American birder, came to bird at Musick's
> Campground
> on South Holston Lake, Friday. His presence there adds to the long list of
> famous birders and ornithologists who have visited this productive birding
> site.
>
> Ake planned his visit on 30 Oct by making an advance contact saying he was
> heading to Dayton, TN on Friday to see his granddaughter. On the way he
> wanted
> to stop by South Holston Lake and look for the Eared Grebe. He was informed
>
> that the species has not been found there this fall.
>
> He was able to stop off at Musick's in the middle of the afternoon but no
> Eared
> Grebe was seen. It was not a surprise to him or others.
>
> Working on a shot at an ABA national record in 2010, he birded across the
> country
> and listed an astonishing 731 ABA species in one year, second only to a
> record
> setting 745 in 1998 by Sandy Komito, one of the main characters in the book
>
> "The Big Year: A Tale of Man, Nature and Fowl Obsession." The movie "The
> Big
> Year" was based on Komito's record-setting year of 745 and the book. That
> record
> has stood since and no one has come close.
>
> A resident of Norfolk, VA, Ake is busy writing about his adventures in a
> book with
> the working title of "Bob's Big Year."
>
> Ake began the first day of his 2010 avian odyssey with a Song Sparrow near
> his
> Tidewater home. Over his big year, he crisscrossed North America numerous
> times,
> scheduling forays to locations where he would find the most species during
> different
> seasons. He visited Arizona twice, Alaska and Texas three times, and added
> several Midwest sites, as well as Florida.
>
> Ed Brinkley, editor of American Birds, published by the American Birding
> Association,
> was mentored during his teenage years by Ake.
>
> Ake came to Virginia in 1969 when he joined the Chemistry faculty at Old
> Dominion
> University. He took retirement in 2001 and has been birding nonstop ever
> since.
>
> Wallace Coffey
> Bristol, TN
>
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