[TN-Bird] Re: Chipping Sparrow in Winter in East Tennessee
- From: "Rick Phillips" <sunfish0501@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "tn-bird" <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2006 22:20:04 -0500
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From: "Don Miller" <raincrow@xxxxxxx>
To: "TN-Bird" <TN-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, February 16, 2006 10:13 PM
Subject: [TN-Bird] Chipping Sparrow in Winter in East Tennessee
| Area birders,
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| I've read with interest the recent posts on Chipping Sparrow and =
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| I'd add my two cents' worth (which I hope is worth more than two cents =
| :-) ).
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| I consider CHSP to be a species of special note in the six-county area =
| on which I'm compiling information (Cocke, Grainger, Greene, Hamblen,=20
| Hawkins, and Jefferson). Rick Knight's The Birds of Northeast=20
| Tennessee: An Annotated Checklist describes the species as a summer=20
| resident that is "occasional" in winter in the five extreme =
northeastern=20
| counties. My own limited winter birding in those counties leads me to =
| agree with that, as I've found few Chippers. However, I lean toward=20
| considering it a permanent resident in Greene County. I have recorded =
| many winter dates for it and believe it to be present year-round at=20
| Kinser Park and probably quite a few other low-elevation sites. Other =
| info I have found suggests that its abundance is probably =
clinal--sparse=20
| in northeast Tennessee shading to fairly common or common as one moves =
| southwest toward Hamilton County. As I comb through more records, I=20
| expect to find quite a bit of evidence of Chippers in winter in the=20
| six-county area I'm working on. I suspect that "permanent resident"=20
| will be an accurate designation for this region.
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| I strongly agree with Dean Edwards' observations about habitat and=20
| patterns of occurrence. When I'm out sparrowing in cold weather, I =
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| a special point of looking for flocks of small birds in short-grass=20
| areas with scattered trees. Sometimes such flocks turn out to be=20
| goldfinches or other birds, but often enough they are Chipping=20
| Sparrows. There definitely seems to be a preference for open,=20
| short-grass habitat. Often this kind of habitat is park-like or =
glade-like.
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| Keep those winter Chipping Sparrow reports coming!
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| Don Miller
| Greeneville, Greene Co., TN
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I find Chipping Sparrows all winter at Oak Hill Cemetery here in =
Kingsport in small numbers in exactly the kind of habitat you are =
describing. =20
Rick
Rick Phillips
Kingsport, Tennessee
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