[TN-Bird] Re: Upper East TN. Eurasian Collared- Dove
- From: K Dean EDWARDS <kde@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: Wallace Coffey <jwcoffey@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 7 Jun 2004 23:08:58 -0400 (EDT)
To clarify, to my knowledge, there has been only one report ever of
Eurasian Collared-Dove in Knox County, TN. Back in January 2000,
a man from Karns (sorry, don't have his name) in NW Knox Co.
reported to J.B. Owen that he had Eurasian Collared-Doves at his
feeder. I BELIEVE someone went out and confirmed this sighting
but it has been a while. Marcia Davis may know if there have
been more recent sightings.
The first record for Jefferson Co. was a single bird seen by
me on 13 Oct 1999. They now seem to be fairly regular at
at least two locations around Jefferson City... one at a dairy
farm along Hwy 11-E on the west side of Jeff. City (where David
Trently found them) and the original site near a horse pasture
and large area of cornfields on the east side of town near my
parents' home (but not at their feeders yet). I've been finding
them about every 2nd or 3rd time I look for them.
Dean Edwards
Knoxville, TN
On Mon, 7 Jun 2004, Wallace Coffey wrote:
> A telephone call came a few minutes ago reporting a Eurasian Collared-Dove in
> Hawkins County at Bulls Gap, TN. This extends the Upper East Tennessee
> distribution to a county which is along the Virginia state border and just
> west of and adjacent to Sullivan, one of the tradional five counties we call
> Northeast Tennessee.
> The bird was seen Sunday, 6 May 2004, by John Rucker a naturalist known to
> me. John says the bird was in a dead snag adjacent to his property which is
> located at 121 Church Street in Bulls Gap. He was familiar with the species
> from having learned it in 2002 at McClellanville, SC just north of
> Charleston. But yesterday he used a pair of 8x binoculars and double checked
> against his Sibley's bird book to make sure he had everything covered. The
> location is along the Norfolk Southern Railway trackage.
>
> John said he heard the bird calling and recognized the sound and quickly
> checked it with his binoculars. He was able to get a long and good look at
> all of the markings including the shape of the tail and the black collar
> marking.
>
> Rucker is author of "A Seasonal Guide to the Natural Year" which covers North
> Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee natural history and published by
> Fulcrum Press of Colorado in 1996.
>
> On 7 January 2001, David Trently reported a single Eurasian Collared-Dove in
> Jefferson Co. The species was previously known in Knox County.
>
> >From Knox County (west to northeast) you have Knox, Jefferson, Hamblen and
> >Hawkins counties. There is no record for this species in Hamblen County.
>
> On 4 August 2002, Dean Edwards located and photographed a Eurasian
> Collared-Dove in Jefferson Co. During early May of this year he reported a
> single bird at one of two known locations --one in Jefferson Co and one in
> Knox Co.
>
> The Eurasian Collared-Dove was first accepted as a Tennessee record species
> from Hamilton County, October-November 1994. The species has rapidly spready
> across Tennessee during the past 10 years and more so in the last few.
>
> Let's go birding.....
>
> Wallace Coffey
> Bristol, TN
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