[Bristol-Birds] Re: Winning lottery at Musick's: Lonspur, Rough-legged Hawk
- From: "Richard Knight" <rknight8@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "Wallace Coffey" <jwcoffey@xxxxxxxxxx>, "bristol-birds" <bristol-birds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2008 21:53:28 -0500
Wallace et al.,
The previous record at Musick's Campground on South Holston Lake
was 12 Nov 2001.
Nice pix.
Rick Knight
Johnson City, TN
----- Original Message -----
From: Wallace Coffey
To: Bristol-birds
Sent: 11/18/2008 4:57:13 PM
Subject: [Bristol-Birds] Winning lottery at Musick's: Lonspur, Rough-legged Hawk
Musick's Campground
South Holston Lake
Sullivan Co., TN
18 Nov 2008
female Lapland Longspur at Musick's Campground
(photos by Coffey)
My best bird at Musick's today was the longspur but
the Rough-legged Hawk was no slouch.
The Lapland Longspur was with two Horned Larks
which flew into the parking area and stayed with me
for about 15 minutes, showing little fear. The longspur
was photographed from about 50 feet as it picked among
the rocks. The best I can determine, this is a first winter
female. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Four
Horned Larks were at the site about 20 minutes before
the two showed up with the longspur.
Knight reports 10 previous longspur records in Northeast Tennessee.
That probably includes the one he called along with Don Miller
as it flew past this same South Holston Lake spot several
years ago. It did not alight but was identified by its call in
flight. The longspur was not seen in the Virginia area of this site.
The Rough-legged Hawk was perched to the right of the
campground parking area in the top of a tree near the
TWRA boat access ramp.
It flew low across the lake and perched in the top of
another tree but left in a minute or so and flew to the
Washington County, VA campground, again crossing
the lake at a low elevation. It appeared to be a light
morph, flashing the light triangle windows in the primaries
as seen above and the white at the base of the tail on
the upper side. While perched, it had a moderate dark
band across the lower breast.
Other birds:
Bufflehead 6
Common Loon 1
Pied-billed Grebe 4
Horned Grebe 7 (first fall record)
American Coot 2
Killdeer 15
Bonaparte's Gull 12 (first fall record)
Ring-billed Grebe 2
Horned Larks 4
Eastern Towhee 1
White-crowned Sparrow 3
Purple Finch 1
House Finch 3
House Sparrow 6
Let's go birding . . . .
Wallace Coffey
Bristol, TN
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