[Bristol-Birds] discovery of a Brown-headed Nuthatch in Hawkins Co, TN in 2014
- From: "BBC Net" <jwcoffey@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "'bristol-birds'" <bristol-birds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2015 22:41:34 -0500
One, of our birders has passed along a discovery that a Brown-headed
Nuthatch
sighting was posted to eBird at a location about 30min west of Kingsport,TN
for 16 Feb 2014. This record has not come to any of our active birder's
attention, as far as I am aware. The post was made by a Chris Ketron who
reported
having three (3) at his feeder during an observation time of about 15
minutes.
He noted that he has 5 bird feeders and 2 thistle socks for the finches at
his
observation location. He lives on Stanley Valley Rd. about three miles NW
of Church Hill
and NW of W Carters Valley Rd. The birds were seen in Hawkins County, TN.
We
will make an effort to contact the birder and make sure if this seems to be
a
well-posted observation. A similar bird, reported in Kingsport a year ago,
turned out
to be where a birder had field notes that the bird was a Brown-headed
Cowbird
but it was accidentally keyed to a Brown-headed Nuthatch. That post was
corrected.
I had to hunt the birder and his wife down at their home to determine that
problem of which they were not aware. We'll keep you posted.
Wallace Coffey
Bristol, TN
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