[TN-Bird] Bird flocks in 1907
- From: Lynne Davis <ldavis@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2013 14:54:58 +0000
Bob found this in the microfilm of the newspaper. Any guesses?
"Strange Birds Doing Much Damage," Knoxville Journal and Tribune, June 14,
1907, page 9, "The advent of birds which have never been seen by East Tennessee
farmers is responsible for a partial loss of the raspberry and cherry crop,
while the greater part of the latter crop had already been damaged by the cold
weather. The birds have been coming to this part of the state for the past week
and they are so numerous and the damage done by them so great, that shotguns
have been used to protect the crops. One grower, a man living in Powell valley,
who has four patches of raspberries was forced to keep a man with a shotgun in
each patch, and even then his loss was a material one.
The birds have never before been seen in the state. They are small, dove
colored, and have red tipped wings.
Stories concerning the birds have been told all this week by the growers who
come to the city, and their visitation of this part of the state seems to be
general. Just where they have come from or which way they are emigrating is not
known."
Lynne and Bob Davis
Seymour, Sevier County
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