[TN-Bird] Chattanooga RBA #14
- From: "Kevin A. Calhoon" <kac@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 4 Sep 2005 15:54:40 -0400
This is Kevin Calhoon with the Chattanooga RBA, sponsored by the Chattanooga
Chapter of the Tennessee Ornithological Society.
This is Update Number #14 made on September 3.
The phone portion of this RBA has been discontinued.
I can be reached at 423-821-6802 or at kac@xxxxxxxxxx
<mailto:kac@xxxxxxxxxx>
An adult BLACK SKIMMER was found resting on a floating dock in the Tennessee
river in front of the rowing center on Amnicola Highway on the evening of
September 2. It stayed there until dark when it flew down river never to
return. It was not seen on the morning of the 3rd despite many people
looking. This is the first record for Hamilton co. and I believe only the
fourth for the state.
Other gulls and terns are still in our area in the wake of Hurricane
Katrina. Eleven Black Terns and seven Laughing Gulls were seen above
Chickamauga Dam on August 31.(Kevin Calhoon) Ron Hoff and Dolly Ann Myers
reported a couple of large Jaeger-like birds out from Booker T Washington
State Park on the 31, but they were not relocated. Two Caspian Terns were
also reported from the same location on September 3. (Sandy Wilson) The
Brown Pelican is still being seen almost daily from above the dam. (Bob
Edens and Brainerd Cooper)
Black Terns, a Common Tern, a Caspian Tern as well as a few Laughing Gulls,
three Ruddy Turnstones and a Sanderling were reported from above Nickajack
Dam in Marion County on August 31.(Dan Jacobson) One Caspian, 4 Black Terns,
and 8 Laughing gulls were seen in the same location on September 2 and on
September 3, 4 Caspian Terns, two Common Terns and a couple of Laughing
Gulls were seen above the dam.
Fall songbird migration is ongoing with some excellent results from David
Aborn's banding station at Greenway Farms along North Chickamauga Creek in
Hamilton County. On August 25 he banded: 2 Hooded Warblers, a Common
Yellowthroat, and a Canada Warbler. That made 7 Hooded Warblers, 2 Kentucky
Warblers, 2 Ovenbirds, a Worm-eating Warbler, a Common Yellowthroat, a
Blue-winged Warbler, and a Canada Warbler up to that point this fall. On
September 1: His first Magnolia Warbler of the fall. Other firsts were an
Eastern Wood-Pewee, an Acadian Flycatcher, and a LEAST FLYCATCHER. He also
banded 2 more Blue-winged Warblers and another Canada Warbler.
I had a LEAST FLYCATCHER at the Cravens House on September 1. This is the
first time this species has been recorded at this location. (Kevin Calhoon)
Dan Jacobson had a Golden-winged Warbler and a Yellow-bellied Flycatcher at
Cravens House during the last couple of weeks.
Libby Wolfe had Blackburnian, Chestnut-sided, Black & White, and Cerulean
Warblers at her residence in Ooltewah on August 27.
The next general meeting of the Chattanooga TOS will be on September 8 at
7:00 PM
at Accension Luthern Church, 720 South Germantown Rd.
Get out in the Field and let me know what you see!
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