[TN-Bird] Re: Egrets in Townsend
- From: Charlie <cmmbirds@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: John Devereux Joslin <jdjoslin@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2003 08:46:26 -0700 (PDT)
Dev,
Good point, especially since a group of us on a KTOS foray saw an
immature White Ibis at Rankin Bottoms yesterday.
I hadn't thought of your point about solitary vs group flight, which
does sound like my experience. Thanks for bringing that up. But
these were Great Egrets.
Charlie
--- John Devereux Joslin <jdjoslin@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Charlie,
> Any chance they were White Ibises? They often fly together in
> groups
> of 10 or more. Just a thought, since Great Egrets seem generally a
> bit
> more solitary (or fly in rather small groups). Of course, if you
> were
> close enough, the curved bill and shorter wingspan would have been
> a give
> away.
>
> Dev
>
> Charlie wrote:
>
> > Hi folks,
> >
> > Sorry for the late post, but I've been up to no goo, er, I mean
> busy
> > lately.
> >
> > Yesterday morning, about 7:30 I saw 10 birds flying southeast
> while I
> > was driving through Townsend in Blount County. At first I
> wondered
> > if they were early cranes, but a bit closer look (no other cars
> on
> > the road that early - whew) allowed me to ID them as Great
> Egrets. I
> > have seen perhaps 3 total Great Egrets in Blount County in 3
> years,
> > and none were in Townsend, I don't think. I don't think I've
> seen 10
> > at a time in east Tennessee. Of course, with them flying,
> perhaps I
> > mis-identified a bunch of Great White Herons? ;-)
> >
> > We have super Hummer wars going on at Tremont (Blount County,
> within
> > Great Smoky MOuntains NP). There are 2 feeders at the dining
> hall,
> > and at any given time we have 8-10 vying for position. I haven't
> > seen an adult male in nearly a month.
> >
> > This morning I was surprised to hear a Hooded Warbler singing.
> It's
> > been a number of weeks. In fact it took me a couple seconds to
> > realize what it was. How quickly we forget. Especially those of
> us
> > who have heard more Chestnut-collared Sparrows that Hooded
> Warblers
> > this summer. Oops, was that bragging? Sure was!
> > See some of you at Rankin tomorrow.
> >
> > Charlie
> >
> > Charlie
> >
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