Kenneth & Bob,
Well it’s not west TN, but thanks to Rick Knight for directions, Dollyann & I
found a nest with 2 young on the Watauga River today near Elizabethton at
36.33072, –82.27313. They have REALLY never been common over here in E. TN, but
I agree, they certainly seem few and far between.
Related to the BP gulf oil spill? Hard to prove any way you look at it, but for
us, we haven’t bought a drop of BP fuel since.
Great birding,
Ron Hoff & Dollyann Myers
Clinton, TN
From: Mcdonald, Kenneth
Sent: Friday, June 19, 2015 1:14 PM
To: editorthemigrant@xxxxxxxxx
Cc: TN-Birds Bird
Subject: [TN-Bird] Re: Are west Tennessee Yellow-crowned Night-herons
disappearing?
Mark Greene reported something similar this morning on the list with herons,
egrets, and anhingas. He was speculating fish crows preying on nests could be a
candidate explanation, but if a wide range of wading birds are suffering
similar declines in these counties it's something worth knowing more about, for
sure!
On Fri, Jun 19, 2015 at 10:03 AM, Bob Ford <editorthemigrant@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hello all - starting last summer (2014), I realized it has been a few years
since I've seen Yellow-crowned Night-herons in west Tennessee. Several years
ago I would see them fairly often each summer, always early in the morning
while driving near roadside ditches or walking through wooded bottomland
creeks. A quick check on eBird and there are a few records in 2014 and 2015
but most are from several years ago. They have never been "common" by my
estimation, but I'd expect to see at least a few each summer, even with random
birding.
Anybody else noticed this, or am I just in the wrong place at the wrong time
the last few years?
Thanks in advance for any feedback,
Bob Ford
Haywood County TN
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Kenneth W. McDonald
Energy Biologist
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
446 Neal Street
Cookeville, TN 38501
Office: 931.525.4990
Fax: 931.528.7075
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Energy and persistence will conquer all things
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