[Bristol-Birds] Tundra Swan (Hawkins Co., TN)
- From: "Wallace Coffey" <jwcoffey@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "Bristol-birds" <bristol-birds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 28 Mar 2009 17:56:17 -0500
This Tundra Swan has
been along the Holston
River at Christian Bend
in Hawkins County
for the past week.
According to Trudy and
Harold Smith, residents
of the Christian Bend
community, Harold saw
the bird last weekend
(probably Sunday) when
it flew into a large river
bottom pasture land.
Since the bird could only
be viewed from a great
distance, Trudy called me Friday evening to discuss the bird. Carolyn and
went to the area Saturday (3/28) and made the digiscope photo with a 60X
spotting scope. The bird was about 900 yards from the telescope,
which was on a river bluff 180 feet above the river.
The Tundra Swan is a rare transient or winter visitor to the area.
Susan Hubley reported one 11 May 2007 at Rogersville in Hawkins County.
The Smith's will welcome subscribers of this net Sunday if you will call in
advance. They not only would like to make sure they will be home but know
when visitors are expect. You will need detailed directions. They do not
have an address number displayed nor a mailbox. Their home is new. You
will have considerable difficulty getting an ID on this bird without the use of
a spotting scope. Call the Smith's at (423) 923-0419 if you wish to visit.
It is of note that a GPS or personal navigation system will get you to the
Christian Bend community but it does not accurately locate their current
address, perhaps missing it by nearly a mile.
The Smith's subscribed to Bristol-Birds Net on Friday evening.
Let's go birding . . .
Wallace Coffey
Bristol, TN
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