[TN-Bird] Purple Gallinule at Standifer Gap Marsh, Hamilton county

From: "Kevin A. Calhoon" <kac@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: "'tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'" <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 10 Apr 2005 18:53:49 -0400

Around 2:30 PM EDT today (4/10) Clyde Blum and I flushed a PURPLE GALLINULE
while wading in Standifer Gap Marsh.  The bird was just north of the patch
trees in the largest open section of the marsh, just south of the dirt road
turnaround. It was probably fifty yards from the road and am sure it could
not have been spotted without being flushed. It flew south towards the trees
back in the cattails and was not seen again.  Also present were Dan
Jacobson, Judy Newsome, Jim Eager and Gary Brunvoll who all got good looks
at the bird.  This is the first for this location and probably only the
fourth for Hamilton county.

Also at the marsh were 6 Sora, 1 Virginia Rail,a Marsh Wren and the first
Grasshopper Sparrow of the season.

At the Cravens House migration is starting to pick up with eight warbler
species: 1 Orange-crowned, 2 Yellow-rumped, 1 Black-throated Green, 1
Cerulean, 3 Black and White, 3 Worm-eating, 6 Hooded and 1 Ovenbird. The
first Indigo Bunting of the season was also present.

We also found 5 Northern Parula a the Chattanooga Nature Center and 2
Prothonotary Warbler and 2 Common Yellowthroat along Terminal road on
Moccasin Bend.

We ended up with 93 species for the day.

Kevin Calhoon
Chattanooga, TN
















 
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[TN-Bird] Purple Gallinule at Standifer Gap Marsh, Hamilton county

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