[bristol-birds] Re: Salt Ponds - Hidden Valley Lake - Virginia

  • From: "Marion Finucane" <marion@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <bristol-birds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sun, 10 Mar 2002 12:30:40 -0500

Umm, is this the same subject? I noticed Tree Swallows nesting in the blue
bird boxes in Kingsport along the "Green Belt" last summer. I don't know if
the discussion here is over location or season...

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Sent: Sunday, March 10, 2002 11:03 AM
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Subject: [bristol-birds] Re: Salt Ponds - Hidden Valley Lake - Virginia



Gezz.  It is still early.  Pass the crow please.  Yes, TREE SWALLOWS  have
been nesting at Laurel Bed Lake and the salt ponds for many years.  I quess
that's why you are the English professor Dick!! Ed Morgan

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ed Talbott" <etalbott@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Sunday, March 10, 2002 7:55 AM
Subject: [bristol-birds] Re: Salt Ponds - Hidden Valley Lake - Virginia


>
> Richard,
> Sorry about that - yes I did mean Tree Swallows.  They were
> certainly investigating the nesting cavities in the swallow boxes if
> not actually building nests.
>
> Ed Talbott
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: bristol-birds-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:bristol-birds-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Richard
> Peake
> Sent: Saturday, March 09, 2002 11:52 PM
> To: bristol-birds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [bristol-birds] Re: Salt Ponds - Hidden Valley Lake -
> Virginia
>
>
> Did you mean to write Tree Swallows building nests?  Your date is
> very
> early, but Tree Sparrows nesting in Southwest Virginia would be a
> fantastic
> record.
> Dick Peake
> >From: "Ed Talbott" <etalbott@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >Reply-To: bristol-birds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >To: <bristol-birds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >Subject: [bristol-birds] Salt Ponds - Hidden Valley Lake - Virginia
> >Date: Sat, 9 Mar 2002 22:38:21 -0500
> >
> >We enjoyed birding the Salt Ponds at Saltville, VA today.
> Highlights
> >included Mallards, Widgeons, Coots, Great Blue Herons, Canada Geese
> and
> >Killdeer.  The Red-winged Blackbirds and Song Sparrows were singing
> as well
> >as the spring peepers and other frogs.  The Tree Sparrows are
> building
> >nests
> >in the nest boxes.  We also spotted a Red-tailed Hawk, several
> Turkey
> >Vultures, and a Phoebe - along with the usual species.
> >
> >We drove out to the GB Heron nest on the North Fork of the Holston
> and
> >spotted three Herons - couldn't tell if the nest contained any eggs
> or not.
> >After that we headed up to Hidden Valley Lake in Washington Co.,
> VA.  The
> >wind was ripping across the mountaintop and making for tough
> birding.  We
> >did spot one small group of birds that contained two Ring-necked
> Ducks and
> >four Lesser Scaup.
> >
> >On Friday evening we spotted three Great Blue Herons in a 500 yard
> stretch
> >of river here on the Levisa Fork of the Big Sandy River - Buchanan
> County.
> >I suspect a nest or nests somewhere close but as yet we have not
> found one.
> >We will keep looking.
> >
> >Ed and Michelle Talbott
> >Buchanan County Bird Club
> >http://www.bcplnet.org/birdclub/birdclub.htm
> >
> >
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