----- Original Message ----- From: <Rconnorsphoto@xxxxxxx> To: <TN-Bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, May 31, 2004 11:16 PM Subject: [TN-Bird] R. Grouse chicks/ east TN foray > Carter and Unicoi counties, upper East Tennessee > May26-29 > The long holiday weekend allowed me to make a trek from the low hills of > middle TN to the mountains of east TN for some "high elivation" nature study. > > On the lower slopes of Unaka Mt., Unicoi Co., in the rhododendron thickets > from 2,500 to 3,000 feet, BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLERS were common. Here I also > got my minimum yearly requirement of VEERY song! Veerys are seen at Radnor in > Nashville in low numbers during migrtion but I don't usually hear them sing. > At the spruce/fir zone at aprox. 4,000 ft. CANADA WARBLER was heard, but not > seen! MAGNOLIA WARBLER, heard and seen and CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLERS were > encountered in the more open areas on top. ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAKS were heard and > CEDAR WAXWINGS were also present. > Butterfly species of note on Unaka were MOURNING CLOAKS along the road and > AMER. COPPERS in the meadows. > > I stayed on a private farm in the Hampton area of Carter Co., at aprox. 2,500 > ft. elivation. The highlight sighting of this area was a RUFFED GROUSE with a > total of 9 chicks in tow! They could not have been more than a few days old. > Grouse are resident on this farm, I've seem them on previous visits here at > other times of the year, but the timing was right since this is the nesting > season. > > Thanks to local expert Don Holt I was able to add to my butterfly and > dragonfly list. We found APPALACHAN EASTERN TIGER SWALLOWTAIL and Don helped me with > fine points of identification. Despite the overcast and misty weather we also > found an emerging COMMON BASKETTAIL dragonfly and FRAGILE FORKTAIL and AURORA > damselflies. > > Other dragonflies found in the area were: > Gray Petaltail > Great Blue Skimmer > 12 Spotted Skimmer > Eastern Pondhawk > > Richard Connors > Nashville TN > > > > > > > > > > > =================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBER===================== > > The TN-Bird Net requires you to sign your messages with > first and last name, city (town) and state abbreviation. > ----------------------------------------------------- > ---------------------------------------------------- > To post to this mailing list, simply send email to: > tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > ----------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, send email to: > tn-bird-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field. > * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * > > TN-Bird Net is owned by the Tennessee Ornithological Society > Neither the society(TOS) nor its moderator(s) > endorse the views or opinions expressed > by the members of this discussion group. > > Moderator: Wallace Coffey, Bristol, TN > wallace@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * > Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society > web site at http://www.tnbirds.org > * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * > Topographical Maps located at http://topozone.com/find.asp > * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * > > ======================================================== > > ************************************************* BRISTOL BIRDS NET LIST Bristol Birds Net Photo Gallery located at: http://f2.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/jwcoffeyy/album?.dir=/efd5 This is a regional birding list sponsored by the Bristol Bird Club to facilitate communications between birders and bird clubs of Southwest Virginia and Northeast Tennessee. -------------------------------------------------- You are subscribed to Bristol-Birds. To post to this mailing list, simply send an email to: bristol-birds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe, send an email to bristol-birds-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the one word 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field. -------------------------------------------------- Wallace Coffey, Moderator wallace@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (423)764-****