[bristol-birds] Re: Brown Creeper, Roan Mt. State Park
- From: "Bert Hale" <blhale@xxxxxxxx>
- To: <bristol-birds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 8 Sep 2002 21:36:23 -0400
----- Original Message -----
From: Rack Cross <frogfarm@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bristol-birds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, September 02, 2002 11:11 PM
Subject: [bristol-birds] Re: Brown Creeper, Roan Mt. State Park
> Rack:
Remember the famous words of Dr. Sharp. "It's not in the book".
Have a good one.
Bert Hale, Bluff City, TN
> We just returned from an afternoon trip to Roan and had similar success. =
> The wife, kids and myself contributed to the following highlight list, =
> mostly behind the Visitor's Center between 5-6PM (* denotes Life bird =
> for at least one of the group):
>
> 1-Brown Creeper
> 1-Broad-Winged Hawk* (perched roadside)
> 1-Red-Tailed Hawk
> 1-Downy Woodpecker
> 1-White- breasted Nuthatch
> 12-Tennessee Warbler*
> 1-Black-Throated Blue Warbler
> 1-Blackburnian Warbler*
> 4-Dark-eyed Junco
>
> We also saw the confusing fall warblers along with the really confusing =
> fall warblers! These did not show themselves in good light nor did they =
> hold still in the bad light. One guess came forth as "A forty mile an =
> hour Warbler," with, "the only missing field mark was a number on it's =
> wing!", probably an undescribed species, something like Speedway Warbler =
> or Checkered Flag Warbler. Maybe we'll catch them in the pits next race!
>
> 'Til we bird again,
>
> Rack Cross
> =20
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mary J. Erwin <maryerwin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: 'bristol-birds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx' <bristol-birds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Sunday, September 08, 2002 7:24 PM
> Subject: [bristol-birds] Brown Creeper, Roan Mt. State Park
>
>
>
> Today, 8 Sept 2002, Judy Roach and Mary Erwin found a Brown Creeper =3D
> foraging in the trees around our campsite at Roan Mt. State Park, TN. =
> =3D
> It has been years since I have been fortunate enough to see one of those =
> =3D
> little guys.
>
> Also in the campground over the weekend we saw Black-and-white Warbler, =
> =3D
> Black-throated blue Warbler, Blue-winged Warbler (myself only), Red-eyed =
> =3D
> vireo, and heard Barred owls and Screech owls.
>
> Thanks to the Friends of Roan Mountain group for organizing an excellent =
> =3D
> weekend of field trips and evening speakers, and to Dr. Fred Alsop and =
> =3D
> Larry McDaniel for leading the Sat. and Sun. morning birding trips, =3D
> respectively. Rick Knight generously demonstrated his banding =3D
> operations for the groups.
>
> Mary J. Erwin
> Kingsport TN
>
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