There was a male Eurasian Wigeon for a couple of winters at Cross Creeks back in the early 90's (if memory serves). It was refindable with a bit of luck and effort. I poached in someone else's territory on the CBC one year looking for it and found it, which turned out to be a good thing because that party hadn't! Chris Sloan Nashville, TN http://www.chrissloanphotography.com On Tue, Jan 15, 2013 at 11:11 AM, <kde@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > I would put Vermillion Flycatcher as similar to Harris' Sparrow. It is > certainly a rare bird, but one which seems to show up somewhere in TN > every few years. Harris' Sparrow is the more common of the two. > > The Eurasian Wigeon currently being seen would be a step below that as > this is only the 2nd report of this species that I recall in the last > 15-20 years and the only one that was relocated by other observers on > subsequent days. Larry McDaniels got a nice photo of one in NE TN a few > years ago, but it did not hang around. > > > Dean Edwards > Knoxville, TN > > > > > On Tue, 15 Jan 2013, Jesse wrote: > > > What category does the Vermillion Flycatcher that was located by Nancy > Moore > > at Reelfoot Lake a few years fall into??? > > Jesse Livingston, Troy, TN > > > I personally think any arctic/boreal bird, any waterfowl, and any > seabird > > > that has occurred before has a high likelihood of eventually turning up > > > again. As for Hooded Crane, the population of Common Cranes is a lot > bigger > > > and a lot closer to Alaska, yet we still lack that one, so I doubt > there > > > will be another Hooded Crane found here "ever again." Whatever that > means. > > > Of course that same individual still might turn up again next year > after > > > spending this winter somewhere else that it hasn't been detected. > > > > > > Variegated Flycatcher is really so easy for number one, the contest is > for > > > number 2. Caribbean Coot is off the list everywhere, none of them were > > > real. Somehow my gut feeling is Greater Shearwater, that just feels > like the > > > least likely of the tubenoses to show up again. And I would not be > > > surprised if the Shiny Cowbird "invasion" fizzled completely and > another one > > > of those never appeared. But frankly, I'd not be surprised if just > about > > > every bird currently on the list except for the flycatcher were to make > > > another appearance in the next decade or two. > > > > > > Bill Pulliam > > > Hohenwald TN > > > > > > On Jan 14, 2013, at 7:34 PM, Scott Somershoe wrote: > > > > > > Ok, here's a few of my thoughts. > > > > > > > > 1. Variegated Flycatcher is my pick for least likely to visit TN > again. > > > > 2. Caribbean Coot - really? How'd we even get one? > > > > 3. Sage Thrasher > > > > 4. Gyrfalcon > > > > 5. Black-throated Sparrow > > > > > > > > Honorable mention, but pretty unlikely in my mind: > > > > Wilson's Plover > > > > Groove-billed Ani - although they are found in the mid-west and Gulf > coast > > > > as vagrants, for some reason I'm voting against this one (ok, one > will now > > > > turn up in TN within 2 years!). > > > > Limpkin - I'm still blown away by the 2 records we have. > > > > > > > > Didn't make the honorable mention list: > > > > I couldn't include King Eider since Pensacola FL had a bird (I > think) last > > > > winter. With crazy things going on in the Arctic, I think Ivory > Gull has > > > > an outside chance of a second appearance, esp. after the GA/AL bird > a few > > > > years ago. Northern Shrike is possible, if we look closely in say > > > > Robertson Co and other counties that border KY, since they are in KY > > > > periodically and Peabody WMA (where this years bird is/was) isn't > that far > > > > from TN. Hooded Oriole will likely reappear since there are a > variety of > > > > records in the east. I guess Hooded Crane again is almost as likely > as a > > > > Common Crane turning up (and that will happen, eventually). > > > > > > > > As unlikely as the Skua and Great Shearwater are for a repeat, one > more > > > > good storm could bring those goodies up (I'm hoping anyway!). > > > > > > > > Thanks for the rainy day game Dean. Fun to contemplate. > > > > > > > > Scott Somershoe > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Mon, Jan 14, 2013 at 4:20 PM, Chris Sloan <csloan1973@xxxxxxxxx > > > > <mailto:csloan1973@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote: > > > > > > > > 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 > > > > <mailto: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 > > > > > > > > > > > > =================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBER===================== > > The TN-Bird Net requires you to SIGN YOUR MESSAGE with > first and last name, CITY (TOWN) and state abbreviation. > You are also required to list the COUNTY in which the birds > you report were seen. 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