[TN-Bird] thinking of spring birds
- From: "Stedman, Stephen" <SStedman@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2014 01:43:23 +0000
The warm days of late have gotten me to thinking about bird counts this spring,
so I thought I would put a couple of them out there and see if there is any
interest among the Tennessee birding cohort.
The Putnam Count Spring Bird Count, the 41st in that county, will be conducted
May 10 with May 11 as a back-up date in case of inclement weather the preceding
day. I suspect that this date will be a popular one but wanted to offer up
Putnam County as a spring bird count option for anyone seeking a change of
birdscene.
For retirees and others who are free on week-ends, there will be a bird count
in Morgan County April 29, a Tuesday, with April 30 as the back-up date. There
have been a few one-party spring counts conducted in Morgan in the past but no
organized effort with multiple parties has taken place as best as I can
determine. This county includes Frozen Head State Natural Area where a lot of
attention needs to be focused during any spring count there; with its many
high-elevation breeding species (Veery, Black-throated Blue Warbler, Canada
Warbler, and Rose-breasted Grosbeak, to name some of the more interesting
species), Frozen Head would benefit from a couple of hiking parties within its
confines, if any such folks be out there and be looking for some miles to walk.
Give a holler via email off-line if so.
Good bird counting, Steve
Stephen J. Stedman, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus
Tennessee Technological University
2675 Lakeland Dr.
Cookeville, TN 38506
931-528-3820
http://iweb.tntech.edu/sstedman/birds.htm
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