[TN-Bird] Re: Missing Bobwhites
- From: "Reese, Carol" <jreese5@xxxxxxx>
- To: "Roger.Applegate@xxxxxx" <Roger.Applegate@xxxxxx>, "bb551@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <bb551@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Tennessee Birds <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2011 17:51:03 +0000
Excellent discussion. Thanks so much...
"There are some who can live without wild things and some who cannot."
- Aldo Leopold<http://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/43828.Aldo_Leopold>
Carol Reese
Ornamental Horticulture Specialist -Western District
University of Tennessee Extension Service
605 Airways Blvd.
Jackson TN 38301
731 425 4767 email jreese5@xxxxxxx<mailto:jreese5@xxxxxxx>
From: tn-bird-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:tn-bird-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Roger Applegate
Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2011 9:50 AM
To: bb551@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; Tennessee Birds
Subject: [TN-Bird] Re: Missing Bobwhites
Bill et al
Tennessee BBS decline has averaged 3% per year since start of BBS. There is
evidence from TN and elsewhere in bobwhite range that decline started before
that time at least sometime during the 1950's at least 1960's. Bobwhite's are a
species that can fluctuate quite a bit every year. Spikes in one year may be
followed by multiple decreases in subsequent years. The only reliable indicator
is the long term trend which shows decline. There are likely significantly
large areas of TN where bobwhites are gone, esp. where there are large blocks
of forest land or intensive agriculture, which are the primary cause of
decline. Local comings and goings of bobwhites are mostly related to population
levels and local habitat conditions like hay mowing, timber cutting, and
similar activities. Development of tracts of good habitat will force bobwhites
out into places where they may not do well. Also, the nature of bobwhite covey
dynamics will influence whether or not they show up in certain places in a
given season. Some places have only winter coveys because there is no nesting
habitat and others may get nesting pairs. There is a very complicated
interaction of habitat and behavior that has largely been ignored in
restoration programs until more recently; and it is still being ignored in many
cases.
Roger D. Applegate
Small Game, Wildlife Disease/Bat/Wetland Team Coordinator
Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency
Ellington Agricultural Center
PO Box 40747
Nashville, TN 37204
PH: 615/781-6616
FAX: 615/781-6654
Email: roger.applegate@xxxxxxxxxxx
UPS Address: 440 Hogan Road
Nashville, TN 37220
FedEx Address: 5107 Edmonson Pike, Nashville, TN 37211
>>> Bill Pulliam <bb551@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> 9/12/2011 10:21 PM >>>
We moved to our place in western Lewis County in 2002. Northern
Bobwhites had remained a common bird here through most of this time.
However, while updating all my eBird data for this summer, I was
reminded of a sad fact. 2011 is the first year that we have been
without nesting season Bobwhites.
Statewide, BBS data show a drastic linear decline in numbers with the
zero point being reached in just the next couple of years. The
Bobwhite may be all but extinct in Tennessee very soon.
Bill Pulliam
Lewis County
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