[bristol-birds] Bobolink at Conklin, TN
- From: "Jack Litz" <wjlitz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "Bristol Bird Lists" <bristol-birds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 5 Jun 2002 20:46:48 -0400
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BOBOLINK
I went birding this morning with Dr. Alsop of ETSU in the Conklin =
Community of Washington County, TN. This is beautiful flat agricultural =
land near the Nolichucky River with hayfields and row crops. We listed =
quite a number of birds in a short time, but the highlight of the outing =
was a very good look at a male Bobolink in in the shrubbery of a house =
at the edge of a field and also in the tall grass at the edge of an =
unmowed portion of the field. There were a number of Eastern =
Meadowlarks working the edge of the tall grass also. This is reported =
to be the third consecutive year that Bobolink has been observed in the =
same field and may be an indication of nesting. Dr. Alsop knows of some =
old nesting from Johnson County, TN. The older information is probably =
that summarized in Bird Study in Shady Valley Tennessee 1934-1999, =
(Coffey and Shumate) p. 124.=20
COTTON RAT
This isn't a bird, but I also spotted a Cotton Rat (Sigmodon hispidus) =
in a corner of a hayfield. Anybody ever heard of a Cotton Rat? It is a =
rodent about the size of a Guinea Pig and has a tail shorter than its =
body. It is the first of its kind that I have ever seen. Here is a =
picture that I lifted off of the CDC web site linked below. CDC is =
interested because It is the reservoir of Black Creek Canal virus, a =
hantavirus, but the disease is evidently not a current problem anywhere. =
=20
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/diseases/hanta/hps/noframes/rodents.htm
Jack Litz
Kingsport, TN
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