[TN-Bird] Re: tn-bird Digest V8 #244
- From: Ginger Williams <ginger2tn@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 6 Sep 2009 15:26:23 -0400
Do blue birds migrate? I remember seeing them around last fall and winter but
have not seen any for two weeks. I put mill worms out each morning for them and
usually havce two families that come feed. However, I have seen none since the
last of August.
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> TN-Bird Net Digest Messages------------------------------------
> tn-bird Digest Sat, 05 Sep 2009 Volume: 08 Issue: 244
>
> In This Issue:
> [TN-Bird] Osprey at Bells Bend
> [TN-Bird] Bird inventories at Bells Bend
> [TN-Bird] Scissor-tailed Flycatcher - Rutherford Co.
> [TN-Bird] Cades Cove (Blount County) Bald eagle
> [TN-Bird] Golden-Plover - B-b Whistlers Plus
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Subject: [TN-Bird] Osprey at Bells Bend
> Date: Sat, 5 Sep 2009 10:38:45 -0500
> From: "Bells Bend Nature center" bells
> bend@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> During a morning wildflower/bird hike, LinnAnn Welch and Barbara Harris saw
> an Osprey at Bells Bend Park today (9/5/09). Other birds of interest
> include:
> Common Yellowthroat
> Indigo Bunting
> Cedar Waxwing
> Northern Flicker
>
>
> LinnAnn Welch
> Nashville, TN
> Davidson Co.
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Subject: [TN-Bird] Bird inventories at Bells Bend
> Date: Sat, 5 Sep 2009 13:17:57 -0500
> From: "Bells Bend Nature center" bells
> bend@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> We want to invite everybody to participate in some more bird inventories at
> Bells Bend Park. We had some great inventories in the spring, and are hoping
> to
> learn more about fall migration at the park. Our survey dates:
>
> Thurs. Sept. 24 7:30-9:30 AM Leader: Park staff and volunteers
> Fri. Oct. 2 7:30-9:30 AM Leader: Chris Sloan
>
> These inventories will provide information that will be used for field
> management purposes. They will be cancelled if raining.
>
>
>
>
> Bells Bend Outdoor Center
> 4187 Old Hickory Blvd.
> Nashville, TN 37218
> (615) 862-4187
> bells
> bend@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> hville.gov/parks/nature
>
> ------------------------------
>
> From: Ed Schneider ed.s
> chneider@xxxxxxxxxxx>Subject: [TN-Bird] Scissor-tailed Flycatcher -
> Rutherford Co.
> Date: Sat, 5 Sep 2009 14:23:46 -0500
>
> While returning from Tim's Ford Lake, I was looking for early northern
> harriers on wires, and almost dismissed
> the bird as a mockingbird, until I drove by and saw the tail. Location was
> Hwy 231 just outside Murfreesboro,
> in Christiana, Tn. Just past Christiana Elementary School on the wires
> along Christmas Creek (Rutherford Co.).
>
>
> The bird was gorgeous, with lots of salmon coloring on it's flanks. Images
> here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ed_schneider/
>
>
> Not the best shots, but an unexpected lifer is always welcome ;^)
>
>
>
>
>
> Good birding!
>
>
>
> Ed Schneider
>
> Whites Creek
>
> Davidson Co.
>
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>
> From: Birdglass
> 44@xxxxxxxxxxx: Sat, 5 Sep 2009 17:15:31 EDT
> Subject: [TN-Bird] Cades Cove (Blount County) Bald eagle
>
> On Thursday and Friday an mature Bald eagle was observed and photographed
> perched in a dead tree visible from the Cable Mill area near the loop
> road. I didn't see it but saw the photos. Of course it wasn't there today
> when
> I was.
>
> Warren Bielenberg
> Maryville
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> From: OLCOOT1@xxxxx
> omDate: Sat, 5 Sep 2009 22:39:23 EDT
> Subject: [TN-Bird] Golden-Plover - B-b Whistlers Plus
>
> Sept. 5, 2009
> TVA Lake - Ensley Bottoms
> Shelby Co. TN
>
> I meet up with Mike Todd this AM and right off the bat we found 13 adult
> Black-bellied Whistlers at the small TVA Lake. Later we had a total of 16
> adults in the afternoon on big TVA Lake. Mom and brood are hiding in the
> weeds at the pits.
>
> Shorebirds were scattered but most of the goodies dropped into and out of
> TVA during our vigil. We had hundreds of Killdeer, the Golden-Plover, 10
> Semipalmated Plover, 1 Greater Yellowlegs, 1 Lesser Yellowlegs, about 24
> Semipalmated Sandpiper, 2,000 Least, a single injured Pectoral and a pair
> of gorgeous immature Short-billed Dowitchers.
>
> With the help of our shorebird alert squad, we had a great raptor day. The
> Wind Birds were continually calling our attention to the sky but we missed
> most of what they were pointing out. We did get numbers of migrating and
> feeding Mississippi Kites, an Osprey, 2 Bald Eagles, a high flying
> Cooper's and a low hunting Cooper's, 2 Red-shouldered, 4 Broad-winged Hawks,
> a
> bunch of resident and traveling Red-tails plus Kestrels.
>
> We did not find the Golden-Plover until about 11 AM at TVA Lake and the
> bird pretty much stayed there all day. Every time we came back we would
> have to hunt the bird down and when it decided to lay low you just could not
> see the bird at all. Finally, we waited the bird out and at 6 PM it flew out
> to the grassy field just south of the main road and north of the pits. Here
> we had close looks using our cars as blinds. The bird flew and Mike got
> some pretty good shots in the air and we heard a short call note a couple of
> times but no long call. Unfortunately this call sounded nothing like any
> calls on the tape. My impression was the call was not shrill but more
> mellow. We will have to dig up more recordings to see if anything matches. I
> think
> everything Mike saw today pretty much fits what is shown on my photos and
> his better camera should show much better details. One point we both made
> was how much the bird has changed from my first photos, it is constantly
> preening. Looks like we will have to wait to see what the experts say. Of
> course the default ID is American but this bird's measurements sure fall
> outside the norm for that ID.........but Pacific is a very long shot.
> Good Birding !!!
>
> Jeff R. Wilson / TLBA
> 6300 Memphis-Arlington Road
> Bartlett, TN 38135
> http://www.pbase.com/ol_coot/What is this feathered thing that lifts my
> heart to the heavens.
>
>
>
>
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>
> End of tn-bird Digest V8 #244
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