[TN-Bird] Re: Cove Lake - Brown-headed Nuthatch; Red-necked grebe - NO!
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In response to Chuck Nicholson's just posted email, I found (3) happy little
Brown- Headed Nuthatches today at Cove Lake St. Park (Campbell County-
Caryville) They were very vocal thus easier to find today. Perhaps the warm day
inspired them.
They were located near the picnic table/bathroom area once again. They seem to
hang out in this area. As I mentioned in earlier post, @ least one individual
has been here for around 8 months.
I saw the Blue Phase Snow Goose also as well as good numbers of ducks on the
lake.
Nell Moore
Caryville, TN
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From: "Charles Nicholson" <cpnicholson53@xxxxxxxxx>
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Cc: "TN-bird" <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, December 3, 2012 7:52:02 PM
Subject: [TN-Bird] Re: Cove Lake - Brown-headed Nuthatch; Red-necked grebe -
NO!
A few years ago Ed Manus and I had at Brown-headed Nuthatch at Anderson County
Park during the Christmas Bird Count. This park is at the north end of a
peninsula jutting into Norris Lake. The opposite, north side of the lake is
Campbell County. I thought at that time that it was a candidate for the
northern-most state record. I studied maps today and Cove Lake is a couple
miles north of the site where the nuthatch was observed on the Norris CBC.
Chuck Nicholson
Norris, TN
On Sun, Dec 2, 2012 at 8:55 PM, Ron Hoff < aves7000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > wrote:
TN-birders,
Sharon Bostick, Frank Bills, Dollyann, and I went out to Cove Lake in Campbell
County this morning to try to find any of the recently reported birds. We had
no luck with a Ross’s Goose. There has been a white “Snow Goose” of sorts that
has been out there for the past few years and we saw it, but I doubt it’s a
true Snow Goose. There was, however, a “blue” form of Snow Goose in with some
Canada Geese.
The real find was thanks to Frank’s incredibly keen hearing, when he said he
thought he heard a Brown-headed Nuthatch. Sure enough, after spishing a bit, we
were able to find one in a pine tree near the bathroom at the northern end of
the parking areas. This is not far from the old observation platform that is
near the wooded part of the park.
This is the first record for this species I have for Campbell County and the
most northern record I know of in this part of Tennessee. If anyone else has
seen them further north, I’m not aware of it.
We then drove to Straight Creek, Claiborne County (the very end of Norris
Lake), to try to find the Red-necked Grebe recently reported from that area. We
did NOT see it.
Thanks to all the birders out there that commented on Marcia Davis’s great
article about Dollyann and me in this morning’s Knoxville News-Sentinel. The
sentiment is much appreciated.
Great birding,
Dollyann Myers & Ron Hoff
Clinton, TN
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