[Bristol-Birds] low elevation breeding season record of N. Saw-whet Owl
- From: "Wallace Coffey" <jwcoffey@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bristol-birds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 8 May 2014 13:04:49 -0400
Irishman Branch
Unicoi Co., TN
1.5 miles SE of Unicoi,
Cherokee National Forest,
Saturday, 3 May 2014
During the Elizabethton chapter's annual five-county spring count, held this
past Saturday, a birding party working in the vicinity of Irishman Branch
just off TN Rt. 107 about 1.5 miles SE of its intersection at the community
of Unicoi, heard and saw a Northern Saw-whet Owl.
The bird was at an elevation of 2640 feet.
That prompted Dr. Fred Alsop to term it the lowest elevation for a
Saw-whet owl during the breeding season in this region.
The observers included: Joe McGuiness, Kim Stroud, Don Holt and
Kathy Noblet.
According to Kim Stroud, who related the observation details to birders
at Tuesday's May meeting of the Elizabethton club, the bird was
heard calling. Then it flew out and about the field party. Joe McGuiness
played an I-pod recording and the bird called again.
Alsop said their studies of the species at East Tennessee State University
This springhas produced at least one active nest.
He said birds were being found this breeding season at new localities
which include Pond Mountain and Rocky Fork.
Wallace Coffey
Bristol, TN
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