[Bristol-Birds] Red-breasteds numerous in Shady Valley !
- From: "Wallace Coffey" <jwcoffey@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "Bristol-birds" <bristol-birds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 6 Jan 2008 12:07:34 -0500
Area Birders:
It looks like a record year for the Red-breasted Nuthatch on
the Shady Valley Christmas Bird Count. Yesterday, our party
alone had 18 birds. I think the count record for all parties was
two years ago with about 37.
With the exception of two
birds coming to Dot & Charles
Scott's feeders near Orchard
Bog, the rest came from
birders hiking higher elevation
roads and backwoods treks
through old growth White Pine
forest lands.
Roy Knispel, Charlie Parker and
John Moyle covered 1.3 miles down grade from 3,600 feet elevation
along Cross Mountain Rd. to TN Rt 91 at the Appalachian Trail.
Chris O'Bryan and Charlie Parker walked 700 yards along Arnold Branch
from Woods Lane through the edge of old growth and along the sunlit
conifer-clad forest edge with pasture borders, out to the Barry Place
on Orchard Rd.
Roy Knispel, Charlie Parker, John Moyle, Chris O'Bryan and Wallace Coffey
birded the abandoned Bonham Orchard lands along Shady Mountain Lane on the
falling slopes of Holston Mountain. All but Coffey hiked more than one-half
mile
from near Buck Ridge along Shady Mountain Lane at 3,600 ft. down to
the upper reaches of Orchard Rd.
Moyle, Parker and Knispel birded nearly a quarter mile through the old growth
White Pine, Northern Hemlock forest owned by Haynes Wright along Sluder Rd.
No doubt the backwoods searching of old growth paid good dividends in finding
Red-breasteds, 15 Pine Siskins, two Brown Creepers and 6 Fox Sparrows
along with many expected forest species. Not the least of which was a
Great Horned Owl.
Let's go birding........
Wallace Coffey
Bristol, TN
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