[TN-Bird] Re: Bird flocks in 1907
- From: Rick Phillips <sunfish0501@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: ldavis@xxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2013 11:22:41 -0400
Maybe Cedar Waxwings?
On Tue, Apr 16, 2013 at 10:54 AM, Lynne Davis <ldavis@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Bob found this in the microfilm of the newspaper. Any guesses?****
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> “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.****
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> The birds have never before been seen in the state. They are small, dove
> colored, and have red tipped wings.****
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> 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.”****
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