[TN-Bird] Cattle Egrets, Carter Co., TN

From: AHoodedWarbler@xxxxxxx
To: tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, bristol-birds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Thu, 19 May 2005 07:48:26 EDT

I received an email and a picture from Joey Grindstaff, a resident of Stoney 
Creek in Carter County. 
On the morning of May 9, he encountered three Cattle Egrets at the farm pond 
on the left starting up Panhandle Road on the way to the Blue Hole waterfalls. 
This is the same road birders use to access Holston Mountain for birding. 

He sent me a photograph of one of the birds perched in a tree. The bird was 
clearly a Cattle Egret in breeding plumage. Joey didn't know the identity of 
the bird, and was seeking help in identifying it.

The birds were apparently migrants that didn't linger long. He said he made 
other trips back to the pond and never saw the birds again. 

I told him that Cattle Egrets are an unexpected find in the region. I know 
that Gary Wallace saw some Cattle Egrets (being chased by the cows) a few years 
ago in Carter County, but I don't know if any other county records exist.

Bryan Stevens,
Hampton, TN


=================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBER=====================

The TN-Bird Net requires you to sign your messages with
first and last name, city (town) and state abbreviation.
-----------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------
To post to this mailing list, simply send email to:
tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
----------------------------------------------------- 
To unsubscribe, send email to:
tn-bird-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field.
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

  TN-Bird Net is owned by the Tennessee Ornithological Society 
       Neither the society(TOS) nor its moderator(s)
        endorse the views or opinions expressed
        by the members of this discussion group.
 
         Moderator: Wallace Coffey, Bristol, TN
                 wallace@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
     Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society
          web site at http://www.tnbirds.org
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Topographical Maps located at http://topozone.com/find.asp
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

    ========================================================

[TN-Bird] Cattle Egrets, Carter Co., TN

Other related posts: