[TN-Bird] larks, longspurs & a peregrine
- From: "Rick Knight" <RKnight@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "TN-bird" <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>,"bristol-birds" <bristol-birds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2003 03:34:43 -0500
While birding in southwestern Washington Co. today, I located a large flock of
Horned Larks (200+). As I sorted through them, they suddenly flushed. A
beautiful adult male Peregrine Falcon zoomed past. Once he departed, the larks
settled down again. I had heard the calls of one or two longspurs in the lark
flock & was able to spot at least 7 Lapland Longspurs once the group settled.
These are rather rare in East Tenn.; I've only seen them here 4 or 5 times
previously.
The location is on Keebler Rd., just south of Limestone (near the Wash. /
Greene Co. line). Larks are fairly regular, but often hard to spot, in these
extensive fields. A few years ago I found 3 Laplands at this site.
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Rick Knight
Johnson City, TN
rknight@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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