[Bristol-Birds] Tree Swallows at Austin Springs
- From: "Richard Knight" <rknight8@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "bristol-birds" <bristol-birds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "tn-bird" <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 14 Feb 2009 12:33:32 -0500
14 Feb 2009
Austin Springs, Washington Co., TN
Tree Swallow - 12+
This establishes a new early arrival date for the 5-county area
of Northeast Tenn., breaking the old mark by 8 days.
In recent years, Tree Swallows have been arriving earlier & earlier.
The first edition of "The Birds of NE Tenn." (1984) listed the early date
as 8 March. In the 14 years until the second edition (2008) that arrival
date was re-set at least 4 times.
And, of course, there were the reports of Tree Swallows 2 days ago
elsewhere in East Tenn. that were posted to this list.
Rick Knight
Johnson City, TN
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