[TN-Bird] Chattanooga RBA #15
- From: "Kevin A. Calhoon" <kac@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 1 Sep 2004 07:52:33 -0400
> This is Kevin Calhoon with the Chattanooga RBA, sponsored by the
> Chattanooga Chapter of the Tennessee Ornithological Society.
> This is Update Number #15 made on August 31, 2004.
> You can call the RBA at 423 -821-4381.
>
> The Mississippi Kite first found at the Brainard Levee by Dan Jacobson and
> John Henderson on August 14 was seen again on August 26 (Kevin Calhoon)
> but not on August 29. Scan the tops of the dead trees as you walk by Boyd
> Buchanan school from the Shallowford Rd side.
>
> Fall passerine migration continues with a few migrants this weekend. The
> first Swainsons's Thrush and Baltimore Oriole for the fall at the Cravens
> House were seen on August 30 (Barbara and Steve Stedman, Jim Eager and
> Kevin Calhoon). On August 29 five species of warblers were seen including
> three Northern Parulas, 1 Blue-winged and one Chestnut-sided. (Dan
> Jacobson, Judy Newsome, Kevin Calhoon)
>
> David Aborn banded a YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER along North Chickamuga
> Creek at Greenway Farms on August 27. He also banded a Canada Warbler
> and three Hoodeds on that date. (David Aborn)
>
> Hank Schaffer spotted three Eurasion Collared Doves at a new location in
> downtown Soddy-Daisy on August 26.
>
> Semipalmated Plovers and Sandpipers and Least Sandpipers, a Green-winged
> Teal, and a Grasshopper Sparrow were among the birds seen on the TOS
> fieldtrip to Kingston Steam Plant on August 27. (Clyde Blum)
>
> David Patterson observed three 2-day old Least Bittern nestlings and one
> egg being tended to by an adult at Standifer Gap Marsh on August 8. Two
> other adult bitterns were also observed. One Virginia Rail alarm note was
> also heard on that date. Two Pied-billed Grebes were also present August
> 8.
>
> One Willow Flycatcher was observed at Standifer Gap Marsh on August 26.
> (Kevin Calhoon)
>
> One adult Bald Eagle was observed at Wolftever on August 7. (Gayle Savvas)
>
> The next general meeting of the Chattanooga TOS will be on September 9
> 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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