[Bristol-Birds] new sapsucker breeding location
- From: Wallace Coffey <jwcoffey@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: 1-A Bristol-Birds <bristol-birds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 29 May 2003 18:36:11 -0300
A new breeding location for the Yellow-bellied Sapsucker was found today, 29
May, on Iron Mountain in Smyth County, Va by Ron Harrington and Wallace
Coffey. A male was found on territory at 4,480 feet.
The site is along Forest Service Route 84 at Cherry Tree Camp, 3 miles east
Skulls Gap where Va. Rt. 600 crosses Iron Mountain.
The bird was heard drumming about 100 yards north of Cherry Tree Camp along
a trail just beneath Double Top knoll. Using a tape recording of the
sapsucker's drumming and vocal call taken from the "Birds In Forested
Landscapes" recording by Cornell, the bird was called into close range where
it was easily observed.
Cecil Thomas, wildlife biologist with the Jefferson National Forest NRA
office in Marion, said this is a new location for the species. Birds have
been found during the breeding season in the Little Laurel Creek watershed
south of Skulls Gap.
Let's go birding.....
Wallace Coffey
Bristol, TN
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