[TN-Bird] Black-headed Gull Blunder
- From: Terry Witt <terrywitt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: mike todd <birder1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Scott Somershoe <Scott.Somershoe@xxxxxx>, tn-bird <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 21 Sep 2014 04:17:02 -0700
Thanks for the responses
Nobody has threatened bodily harm (yet)
I feel bad about sending anyone on a wild goose chase
You may be familiar with one of the famous RT Peterson stories, not sure if he
was the butt of the joke or one of the jokesters
Before a Christmas count near Boston, a Dovekie was wood-carved and painted,
then anchored in the middle of a pond that would be on the route. At the
compilation, the person who found the bird made a big deal out of the sighting,
only to be told the truth, much to his chagrin.
Chad Smith and I were with Jeff Wilson when he misidentified a Great Egret as a
Wood Stork; another person who will remain anonymous, was with Jeff who was
showing him a Smith's Longspur at the pits.
The bird kept flushing, Jeff kept calling it, until it finally settled down to
become a partly leucistic Horned Lark! As good as he was, just shows that none
of us are infallible
I moved a sub-adult Cottonmouth off the road at Pace Point yesterday before he
was roadkill, either by accident or on purpose; have never seen Timber
Rattlesnake there. I did find a beautiful adult Copperhead in the road there a
few years ago that some yahoo had killed.
I spent 2 hours below Bennett's overlook, there is still some habitat present,
no sparrows yet, 2 Marsh Wrens.
Cheers
Terry Witt
Murfreesboro Tn
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