[Bristol-Birds] Re: Eared Grebes at Musick's Campground
- From: "Rick Knight" <RKnight@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "Wallace Coffey" <jwcoffey@xxxxxxxxxx>, "Bristol-birds" <bristol-birds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 1 Sep 2004 11:12:43 -0400
Hey Wallace et al. --
The earliest dates for Eared Grebes at
South Holston Lake are:
25 Aug 1997
29 Aug 2002
30 Aug 1998
Most years the Eared Grebes have
been seen by mid September.
This year marks the 11th consecutive year
that they have been seen there.
Good find guys!
Regards,
###################
Rick Knight
Johnson City, TN
rknight@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
-----Original Message-----
From: Wallace Coffey <jwcoffey@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: Bristol-birds <bristol-birds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tuesday, August 31, 2004 8:33 PM
Subject: [Bristol-Birds] Re: Eared Grebes at Musick's Campground
>A quick scan thourgh the records I have available indicates that the
two
>Eared Grebes at South Holston Lake today establishes a new early fall
date
>for the species in the region. Could this be right ? Let me know if
you
>know of a previously reported (posted or published) earlier date.
>
>Let's go birding....
>
>Wallace Coffey
>Bristol, TN
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Wallace Coffey" <jwcoffey@xxxxxxxxxx>
>To: "Bristol-birds" <bristol-birds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 2004 6:28 PM
>Subject: [Bristol-Birds] Eared Grebes at Musick's Campground
>
>
>> Area Briders:
>>
>> This afternoon (8/31) there were two Eared Grebes along the
>Tennessee-Virginia stateline near Musick's Campground at South Holston
Lake.
>This is the first fall record for the region this year.
>>
>> Chris O'Bryan and I first saw an adult, in breeding plummage, near
the
>mouth of Spring Creek in Sullivan Co., TN just upstream from Musick's
>Campground about 3 p.m.
>>
>> An hour later we saw two birds near the same location. They were
swimming
>from Tennessee into Washington Co., VA. One appeared to be the bird
seen
>earlier and the second was in non-breeding colors which would be a bit
early
>for birds molting to winter wear. We observed the birds at a distance
of
>about 150 feet with a scope.
>>
>> Other birds in the vicinity were:
>>
>> Great Blue Heron 7
>> Great Egrets 7
>> Killdeer 42
>> American Kestrel 1
>> Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1
>> Mallard 14
>> Canada Goose 50
>> Wood Duck 6
>> Red-tailed Hawk 1
>>
>> Let's go birding.....
>>
>> Wallace Coffey
>> Bristol, TN
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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