[TN-Bird] Re: Next 10 Species for TN?
- From: "Rick Phillips" <sunfish0501@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 3 Jan 2009 12:31:30 -0500
Well, David, I still remember the day we were walking along a trail by the
riverside in Kingsport on Dec. 22, 1985, and a flycatcher flys up into a
shrub by the trailside. I think this turned out to be the first
Ash-throated Flycatcher record for Tennessee. You never know when these
things are going to happen, but the more birds (and other things) you check
out the more likely it will happen to you! Follow the impulse, it will
eventually pay off. Here I sit at the computer and Jeff has probably already
found *the next bird!*
Rick Phillips
Kingsport, Tennessee
On 1/3/09, david kirschke <dkirschke@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Very cool discussion. I feel compelled to add some unscientific comments,
> or rather a confession really. I have the irrational impulse to check every
> pitiful rock sticking up out of a lake for purple sandpiper (you never
> know), every white plastic bag caught in a tree or fence in winter for snowy
> owl (obsessive-compulsive personality), and on occasion a scenic Tennessee
> mountain stream for American dipper (highly unlikely but fun to imagine). I
> will be on the look out for a few other species now, though. Happy New Year
> you all and thanks for all the helpful reports in 2008.
>
> David Kirschke
> Nashville, TN
> --- On Fri, 1/2/09, Chris Sloan <chris.sloan@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> From: Chris Sloan <chris.sloan@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [TN-Bird] Next 10 Species for TN?
> To: "TN-Bird Listserv" <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Friday, January 2, 2009, 5:49 PM
>
> This is always a fun discussion and we haven't had one here for a
> while. What do you think are the next 10 species that will be added to
> the TN state list? I will propose my top 10 and my reasoning, and then
> throw out the rest of the candidates for my list that didn't make the
> top 10, but are still plausible in my opinion. I look forward to the
> discussion.
>
> Chris Sloan's Predictions of Next 10 New Species for Tennessee:
>
> 1. Mountain Bluebird - This species has a well-established pattern of
> eastern vagrancy; several neighboring states have records (AR, KY, MS,
> NC). In my opinion, this one is just being overlooked because most of
> us don't give bluebirds in TN a second glance. KY's record illustrated
>
> this; the person who found it was stopping to show his girlfriend an
> Eastern Bluebird and it just happened to be a Mountain Bluebird.
>
> 2. Tufted Duck - This is a classic "anywhere, any time" vagrant in
> the
> U.S. and has occurred in several nearby states, including just across
> the border in KY. Long overdue in my opinion - check those scaup flocks
> (it's most regular associates) closely!
>
> 3. Great-tailed Grackle - They have a well-established pattern of
> vagrancy all along the Mississippi River up into the Dakotas. We have a
> couple of near misses already on this one.
>
> 4. Greater Roadrunner - This one occurs regularly just across the
> Mississippi in several places. The river is obviously a significant
> barrier for this species, but sooner or later one will cross a bridge or
> follow a railroad track into Tennessee. Also some near misses on this one.
>
> 5. Burrowing Owl - Lots of eastern records for this one; most are on
> the Gulf and Atlantic coasts but some also from the midwest. I think
> they breed not too far west of us as well.
>
> 6. Broad-billed Hummingbird - There are probably more eastern records
> of this species than any other that hasn't yet occurred in TN; all the
> coastal states around us have records, as do several midwestern states.
>
> 7. Mountain Plover - Lots of eastern records, including just to our
> south in MS.
>
> 8. Fork-tailed Flycatcher - another "anywhere, any time" vagrant
> from
> South America. Not likely to be overlooked, though!
>
> 9. Northern Wheatear - This one has been seen in 43 states and
> provinces, including most eastern states.
>
> 10. Slaty-backed Gull - This species seems to regularly come across to
> the midwest, so wouldn't be surprising for one to show up here. I know
> of one record from St. Louis, which isn't that far up the river from us.
>
> Here are my candidate species that didn't quite crack the top 10. I
> won't bore you with the explanations, although I'm happy to share my
> thoughts on them if you want to email me off-list.
> Wilson's Storm-Petrel
> Crested Caracara
> Northern Lapwing
> Pacific Golden-Plover
> Spotted Redshank
> Little Stint
> Black-tailed Gull
> Mew Gull
> Glaucous-winged Gull
> Ancient Murrelet
> Lesser Nighthawk
> Lewis' Woodpecker
> Western Wood-Pewee
> Cassin's Kingbird
> Bicknell's Thrush
> Painted Redstart
>
> One note: some of you may wonder why Green Violetear isn't on my
> lists. It's not on there because there is, in fact, a record for TN,
> although I don't think it's been reviewed yet by TBRC. A few months
> back, clear, definitive photos surfaced of one at a feeder in
> Collierville in September 2007 for one day. The host didn't know any
> better, but at least he took some good photos.
>
> regards,
>
> Chris Sloan
> Nashville, TN
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