[TN-Bird] Re: Chipping Sparrow
- From: K Dean EDWARDS <kde@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: David & Gloria Patterson <dgpatterson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2006 14:54:31 -0500 (EST)
I would say Chipping Sparrows are certainly "local" in East TN
in winter but where they are found, they are usually in fairly
large flocks. Warmer winters are probably better for finding
them than colder ones and numbers do seem to fluctuate year-to-
year.
The high count for Chippers on the Knoxville CBC is 130 in 1996.
Totals starting in 1990 are:
11, 4, 12, 9, 101, 8, 130, 70, 1, 2, 30, 36, 35, 3, 118, 127.
The past 2 years we have nearly equaled the high with 118 and 127,
respectively. The majority of those were in 3 large flocks in
the Louisville area of Blount Co. numbering from 20-40 birds each.
One of the flocks hangs around the Jackson Bend neighborhood off
of Rankin Ferry Road, another around the neighborhood on Ridge
Water Rd off of Gravelly Hills Rd, and the other around the
Phelps Dairy farm on Lowe's Ferry Rd.
Most winters there is a small flock (about 10) that hangs around
the Pellisssippi State campus in Knox Co.
I've regularly found a flock of up to 30-40 Chippers in Dutch
Valley in Anderson Co. on the Norris CBC around a church parking
lot... forget the name of the church but it's white with a
graveyard in back with a monument to several victims of a mining
accident.
Growing up, there was always a flock of 10-20 Chippers that
overwintered on my Grandparents' farm in Claiborne Co.
I don't know of any reliable wintering spots in Jefferson Co.
They are out there but very scattered and local. One common
theme with all the spots I mentioned above are large areas of
short grass... lawns, heavily grazed pastures, and such.
Dean Edwards
Knoxville, TN
On Thu, 16 Feb 2006, David & Gloria Patterson wrote:
> Houston Lane, Chattanooga, Hamilton County, TN
> February 16, 2006
> A number of postings on TN-Bird, and flags on e-bird,
> indicate that Chipping Sparrow is notable in winter in East Tennessee
>
> We can see up to 50 or so Chipping Sparrows almost any winter day
> on Houston Lane (about 1/2 mile, about 12 houses), up to 12 - 20 on our
> feeders.
>
> Roger Patterson has 12 or so many days at his feeder, LaFayette, GA
>
> David and Gloria Patterson
> Chattanooga
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