Hey Wallace, Rack et al., The White Pelican that was present for over a year in 1995-96 struck a power line over the river in Kingsport, was captured & taken to rehab, where the wing had to be amputated. Later it was sent to a zoo in New Jersey. Rick Knight still at St. Paul Island, AK Quoting Wallace Coffey <jwcoffey@xxxxxxxxxx>: > The Kingsport Amrican White Pellican seen often on Netherland Inn Road in > Sullivan County was 2 Feb 1995 thru at least Mar 1996 and was back and forth > between Johnson City V.A. pond, Austin Springs (both in Washington County) > and Kingsport. The actual ending date of it in the region is somewhat > clouded by the fact that the people up at Bays Mountain Nature Center caught > it in a net and took it to the center to take care of it because they said it > was injured. It is reported to have died at Bays Mountain. They had no > record of the date they captured it off the river nor the date it died. A > rather unfortunate situation. But, I guess, that would be a summer record > for Northeast Tennessee during the summer of 1995. > Let's go birding.... > > Wallace Coffey > Bristol, TN > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Whoopinwiller@xxxxxxx > To: jwcoffey@xxxxxxxxxx ; tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ; > bristol-birds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Sent: Saturday, July 17, 2004 11:41 PM > Subject: Re: [Bristol-Birds] Re: American White Pelican, Hampton, TN > > > Bryan, Wallace, et al > . > In our five county area there was the famous Kingsport bird of Netherland > Inn Road several years but I am not sure of the duration or exact time frame > of that American White Pelican visit. Is anyone else? > > 'Til we bird again > > Rack Cross > Blountville, TN > ************************************************* > BRISTOL BIRDS NET LIST > Bristol Birds Net Photo Gallery located at: > http://f2.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/jwcoffeyy/album?.dir=/efd5 > > This is a regional birding list sponsored by the > Bristol Bird Club to facilitate communications > between birders and bird clubs of Southwest Virginia > and Northeast Tennessee. > -------------------------------------------------- > You are subscribed to Bristol-Birds. > To post to this mailing list, simply send an email > to: bristol-birds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe, send > an email to bristol-birds-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with > the one word 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field. > -------------------------------------------------- > Wallace Coffey, Moderator > wallace@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > (423)764-**** > > ------------------------------------------------- This mail sent through IMP: http://horde.org/imp/ =================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBER===================== The TN-Bird Net requires you to sign your messages with first and last name, city (town) and state abbreviation. ----------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------- To post to this mailing list, simply send email to: tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx ----------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, send email to: tn-bird-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * TN-Bird Net is owned by the Tennessee Ornithological Society Neither the society(TOS) nor its moderator(s) endorse the views or opinions expressed by the members of this discussion group. Moderator: Wallace Coffey, Bristol, TN wallace@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society web site at http://www.tnbirds.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Topographical Maps located at http://topozone.com/find.asp * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ========================================================