[TN-Bird] Re: Least likely TN bird?
- From: Chris Sloan <csloan1973@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: TN-Bird Listserv <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2013 16:20:31 -0600
Were it on the official list (or if it is added), I would put the Hooded
Crane at the top, but since we're only going by the official list, in my
opinion the Ivory Gull has to be at the top of the list, followed closely
by South Polar Skua and Great Shearwater. After that, I'd probably go with
Variegated Flycatcher and then Black-throated Sparrow, followed by Sage
Thrasher, King Eider, Limpkin. I don't include Gyrfalcon or Pine Grosbeak
in the candidate list, because both are provisional on the state list.
Some others I'd put in as candidates: Hooded Oriole (which in my opinion
was erroneously rejected by the TBRC), Barnacle Goose, and Anna's
Hummingbird.
Chris Sloan
Nashville, TN
http://www.chrissloanphotography.com
On Mon, Jan 14, 2013 at 3:52 PM, <kde@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> 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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