[TN-Bird] The Migrant: Roosting Blackbirds at Reelfoot, 1952
- From: Gaynell Perry <gcperry1@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: Tennessee Birds <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2014 08:25:09 -0600
This is simply rich! Thank you very much, Bob, for posting the link. I love
this stuff...filled with birds, history, science. We owe an immeasurable debt
of gratitude to our forefathers for all their efforts to preserve forever these
vivid first-hand accounts.
This gratefulness extends also into the present and the future to all those who
continue to freely donate time and talent to sustain this priceless heritage we
share in The Migrant and to make it free and easily accessible online.
Yes, eBird is a powerful tool; but numbers certainly do not the whole story
tell.
Gaynell Perry
Memphis, TN
On Mar 4, 2014, at 7:40 AM, "Ford, Robert" <robert_p_ford@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> I remember the first time I read about this was in the 1952 "The Migrant",
> Common Grackles had roosted to close to the water at Reelfoot Lake. If
> anyone is interested it should be at the following link. Ice on grackle
> tails is a relatively small part of the story, which is mainly about the
> blackbird roosts at Reelfoot.
>
>
>
> https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.tnbirds.org/MigrantOnline/V023/V023017-022.pdf&sa=U&ei=K9YVU9v2HOjF2AXku4DgBQ&ved=0CAUQFjAA&client=internal-uds-cse&usg=AFQjCNEKwrQJoo-ZK4KGoj8Gco5ivdbYwQ
>
>
> On Mon, Mar 3, 2014 at 9:31 PM, Tarcila Fox <tarcila@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I had a Field Sparrow, today, with what looked like a broken tail. It sat
> very still in the snow on the ground for a long time, and when it began to
> move, I thought it was injured, since it moved so slowly, some of its tail
> feathers were missing and the ones left were dragging the ground on one side.
> When the little bird struggled to fly and slowly lifted off the ground, it
> didn’t fly far, only a few feet and it couldn’t gain elevation over 18 about
> inches. that is when I saw that the remaining tail feathers hung straight
> down because they were weighted down with a solid ball of ice like a large
> shooter marble. Poor little thing looked like it was dragging and a ball and
> chain.
> Tarcila Fox
> Goodlettsville
> Davidson County
>
> On Mar 3, 2014, at 3:10 PM, Sam Lawson <legosw17@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > 1. First fox sparrow ever at my feeders!
> > 2. A dove and a white throated sparrow have lost their tails.
> > 3. A junco had a 1 1/2 inch long icicle on its tail, which it broke off on
> > a branch.
> > 4. A cardinal is losing its tail feathers; they are going in all directions.
> > None of the tailless birds are having difficulty surviving.
> >
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