[TN-Bird] FW: Chattanooga RBA #15

From: "Kevin A. Calhoon" <kac@xxxxxxxxxx>
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Date: Wed, 5 Oct 2005 10:49:08 -0400
 

 

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From: Kevin A. Calhoon 
Sent: Saturday, October 01, 2005 11:52 AM
Subject: Chattanooga RBA #15

 

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 October 1, 2005.

The phone portion of this RBA has been discontinued.

I can be reached at 423-821-6802 or at kac@xxxxxxxxxx

 

Migration is still in full swing:

 

Jonnie Sue Lyons reported the first Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers (3) of the
season at her residence on Signal Mountain on September 30.

 

I (Kevin Calhoon) walked Brotherton Fields in the Walker County (GA)
section of Chickamauga National Battlefield Park on September 29.
Highlights included:

1 Sora

1 Lincoln's Sparrow

1 Sedge Wren

5 Marsh Wren

2 House Wren

1 Bobolink

2 Grasshopper Sparrow

1 Savannah Sparrow

 

 

The Cravens House is still hopping with migrants. On September 26 I
observed 2 Philadelphia Vireos and 3 Gray-cheeked Thrushes. On September
29 I observed 9 species of warblers including Bay-breasted and
Worm-eating (getting late) as well as 1 Gray-cheeked Thrush, 4
Swainson's Thrush and 8 Wood Thrush.

 

The TOS fieldtrip to the Cravens House on Sept. 25 had six species of
warblers (including Blue-winged) despite blustery conditions (Hurricane
Rita)(Clyde Blum)

 

Judy Newsome and I observed two Laughing Gulls and the ever present
Brown Pelican above Chickamauga Dam while looking for storm driven birds
from Rita on September 26. 

 

Dennis Harris got his life Philadelphia Vireo in the back yard of his
residence in Brainerd on September 29.

 

Here is a message from David Aborn about his banding station along
Chickamauga Creek on September 27:

I had my best day ever banding at Greenway Farms this morning, including
a big surprise. My tally was 1 Common Yellowthroat, 1 Eastern
Wood-Pewee, 2 Gray Catbirds, 2 Hooded Warblers, 5 Ovenbirds, 5 Magnolia
Warblers, 7 Indigo Buntings, 1 NASHVILLE WARBLER, and.......1 SEDGE
WREN. There were lots of birds around, mostly Magnolia Warblers,
Ovenbirds, catbirds, and grosbeaks.

Carol Fegarido, Betty Wampler, and Alberta Oliver came to see the
banding, and they saw a Blue-winged Warbler.

 

Two female Wilson's Warblers were reported from along the riverwalk
below Chickamauga Dam on September 23. (Harold Birch)

 

Twenty Blue-winged Teal were present at Standifer Gap Marsh on September
29. (Kevin Calhoon)


The next general meeting of the Chattanooga TOS will be on October 10 at
7:00 PM
at Accension Lutheran Church, 720 South Germantown Rd. 

Get out in the Field and let me know what you see!
[TN-Bird] FW: Chattanooga RBA #15

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