[bristol-birds] Re: Unusual Cliff Swallow nesting location
- From: "Rick Knight" <RKnight@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bristol-birds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2002 14:24:02 -0400
Wallace,
I found a similar small colony (5 nests) under a small
bridge over Boone's Creek (8-10 ft wide) near Johnson
City last year. Apparently local numbers are still
increasing & seeking new colony sites.
Good find.
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Rick Knight
Johnson City, TN
rknight@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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> From: Wallace Coffey <jwcoffey@xxxxxxxxxx>
> To: 1-A Bristol-Birds <bristol-birds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [bristol-birds] Unusual Cliff Swallow nesting location
> Date: Thursday, June 13, 2002 6:37 PM
>
>
> Bristol-Birders:
>
> Here in Northeast Tennessee, we have a substantial Cliff Swallow
> nesting population. In the Upper Holston River we have several
> very large colonies nesting on bridge structures along the South Fork
> Holston River and Watauga River in Sullivan and Washington
> Counties. These colonies are over rivers and TVA reservoirs.
>
> Today, during the Bristol Bird Club "13th of the Month" field trip,
> we discovered a colony under a small stream culvert where Riverbend
> Road crosses Beidleman Creek in Sullivan County.
>
> To my knowledge, this is the first such nesting in a small, low,
> culvert over a narrow stream in Northeast Tennessee.
>
> Here the stream is about 20 feet wide. The colony had maybe
> two dozen nests in two channels and the culvert is about 200
> yards from the river. Barn Swallows and Eastern Phoebes usually
> build nests in such sites throughout the region. The Cliff Swallow
> nests were about 6 to 8 feet above the stream and built on the
> sides of the channel.
>
> In Southwest Virginia Roger Clapp of the U.S. National Museum
> had seven nest June 20, 1989 under the bridge over Fifteenmile
> Creek at the junction of Va. Rts 676 & 672 3 miles north of
> Avens Bridge which is on South Holston Lake in Washington Co., VA.
> While this location was under a bridge and not a culvert, it was
> still a good ways from South Holston Lake and the river channel.
>
> Also during Thursday's (13th) field trip we had three Blue Grosbeaks,
> Yellow-billed
> Cuckoo, Kentucky Warbler and Great Blue Heron to name some
> of the more fun birds.
>
> Wallace Coffey
> Bristol
>
>
>
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