[TN-Bird] Least likely TN bird?
- From: kde@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
- To: Tennessee Birds <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2013 16:52:10 -0500 (EST)
Here's a fun rainy day game. We often try to predict the next bird to be
added to the state list, but what bird already on the official state list
do you think is least likely to be seen in TN again? I remember playing
this game with Chris Sloan long ago. He said Limpkin (and noone disagreed
with him) and we had 2 records within the next few years.
Give your top five.
No fair including Carolina Parakeet or Passenger Pigeon. The extirpated
Greater Prairie-Chicken is a pretty sure 'gimmee' too so let's exclude it
(unless someone wants to make a case), but maybe not Red-cockaded
Woodpecker... I would probably put it as more likely than some of the
other species on the list.
The up-to-date official TN state list can be found here...
http://www.tnbirds.org/TBRC/TBRC_checklist.html
I'll go with (excluding Greater Prairie-Chicken):
5 - King Eider (narrowly edging Wilson's Plover on my list)
4 - Band-tailed Pigeon (they do wander though)
3 - Ivory Gull
2 - Gyrfalcon
1 - Variegated Flycatcher
Honorable mention:
Barnacle Goose & Garganey (would they be accepted as wild?)
Northern Shrike & Pine Grosbeak (the shrike made it KY this year)
Groove-billed Ani (they wander but not as common as in the past)
Shiny Cowbird (failed to establish?)
Limpkin (c'mon, man!)
Lots of other rare birds on there worth mentioning.
Dean Edwards
Knoxville, TN
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