[TN-Bird] Re: Cattle Egret roost in Roane County
- From: K Dean EDWARDS <kde@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: mgreene@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2004 15:55:36 -0400 (EDT)
Yeah, ok. I guess what I SHOULD have asked is what is the high count
for the state other than along the Mississippi.
Dean Edwards
Knoxville, TN
On Mon, 13 Sep 2004 mgreene@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> The high count for the state per Robinson's book is 1,884 on 6 August 1988
> at Ensley Bar in Shelby Co. This was one of those large heron/egret
> roosts that we get along the Mississippi River in the late summer/ early
> fall here in West TN. There was a pretty impressive one on Island 9 on
> the Mississippi River back in 1993 when there was also a huge Purple
> Martin roost associated with it. There were lots of Cattle Egrets in that
> one too as I recall although I don't recall the exact number. Glen
> Criswell also counted 1,426 Cattle Egrets near Dyersburg in Dyer County on
> 14 Aug 1980.
>
> We had over 300 on the Spring count in Lake County this past May.
>
> Good birding,
>
> Mark Greene
> Trenton, TN
>
>
>
>
> K Dean EDWARDS <kde@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent by: tn-bird-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> 09/13/04 11:16 AM
> Please respond to kde
>
>
> To: Steve Clendenen <steve-clendenen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> cc: TN-BIRDS <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [TN-Bird] Re: Cattle Egret roost in Roane County
>
>
>
> Meant to send this reply earlier but didn't. But...
>
> 233 Cattle Egrets! Wow!
>
> What's the high count for TN? (Also meant to check Robinson's
> book but haven't). No wonder so many people have been seeing
> them in the area.
>
> Dean Edwards
> Knoxville, TN
>
>
>
> On Thu, 9 Sep 2004, Steve Clendenen wrote:
> ...
> > This evening from 6:45 p.m. to 7:35 p.m., Boyd Sharp,
> > Gail Clendenen and I watched Cattle Egrets arrive at
> > a small island in the Clinch River until there were
> > at least 233.
> ....
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