[TN-Bird] Scissor-t Flycatchers evicted in Dyer Co.TN
- From: OLCOOT1@xxxxxxx
- To: tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2003 23:44:26 EDT
June 11, 2003
Hurd Loop Road
Lake Co. TN
I followed storms all the way north from Memphis. In Covington, trees were
down in two areas as I passed through. When I arrived at the nest tree on 103
Highway in Dyer Co, one look told me my assessment of the location on Sunday
was
correct. She had made another poor choice for a nest site. The wind had
pulled on the limb that was turned under the nest and the nest was pushed over
to
one side of the fork.
After checking other nests and birds, I came back by the tree and saw Ken
Leggett and Nancy Moore standing underneath. I told them the nest would not
make
the afternoon and sure enough on my next trip, I found the nest laying in the
road. The good part was, she had not started laying. I'm sure she has eggs
ready to be laid in the next day or so and will be building a new nest in a
hurry. I hope she does not move far and we can relocate the new site.
I took close photos of the nest which was much neater than most
Scissor-tailed nests I've seen. Interwoven in the rootlets and twigs were tuffs
of cotton
that had been gleaned out of the field across the road. There were cotton seeds
in these many tuffs and with a little wet weather she might have been able to
get a cotton allotment had they sprouted.
Good Birding!!!
Jeff R. Wilson
OL' COOT / TLBA
Bartlett Tenn.
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