[TN-Bird] Loggerhead Shrikes, Red-headed Woodpeckers(Greene/Washington? Co.)
- From: Dnldhlt@xxxxxxx
- To: bristol-birds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2003 14:46:24 EST
D. Holt
Tuesday, Dec. 09, 2003
between Chucky and Limestone, TN
south of Davy Crockett Birthplace State Park
I explored several roads around the Washington Co./Greene Co. line (BTW=
,=20
the Sandhill Crane was still at Keebler Rd./Smith Bridge Rd.) and had a neat=
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lesson in recurring patterns of bird distribution. On Stockton Rd. I found=20=
a=20
Loggerhead Shrike on a powerline. I remembered that the last time I saw a=20
Loggerhead Shrike on a powerline was at Green Rd. in western Greene Co. just=
a=20
hundred yards or so before a pond next to some grazed oakwoods where a colon=
y of=20
Red-headed Woodpeckers reside. After passing the shrike on Stockton Rd. I=20
came in the next hundred yards or so to a pond and grazed oakwoods that remi=
nded=20
me of the Green Rd. setting, and I thought of the Red-headed Woodpeckers=20
there. Just then, a Red-headed Woodpecker appeared! After watching awhile=20=
I=20
decided there were at least three of them at the site. I continued my=20
explorations, quite pleased with myself. A mile or two farther along, on Sa=
ndbar Rd., I=20
saw another Loggerhead Shrike on a powerline. What great luck! I don't thi=
nk=20
I had ever before found two shrikes at two locations in the same day. After=
=20
admiring the bird I continued on and found myself in the next hundred yards=20=
or=20
so driving through a patch of grazed oakwoods with a small pond. My mind,=20
lost in daydreams, did a doubletake, and I screeched to a stop and got out o=
f=20
the car to listen. Sure enough, I ended up finding at least three Red-heade=
d=20
Woodpeckers at this site too. I may be a little slow on the uptake, but I d=
o=20
learn, eventually.
The Sandbar Road site is definitely in Greene Co. at the following=20
coordinates:
Sandbar Rd.
36=B0 12' 10"N, 82=B0 39' 56"W=20
USGS Chuckey Quad
The coordinates of the Stockton Rd. site are:
Stockton Rd.
36=B0 10' 40"N, 82=B0 39' 04"W=20
USGS Chuckey Quad
The Stockton Rd. site may be in either Greene or Washington Co.,=20
depending on which map you use. Delormes Gazeteer and the Topozone website=
=20
(http://www.topozone.com/viewmaps.asp) both show it in Greene Co. However,=20=
the=20
"Official Map" of Greene Co., put out by The Greene County Partnership and=20
available for a couple of bucks at the Greene Co. Chamber of Commerce, shows=
a little=20
dipsy doodle on the county line that may or may not put the site in Washingt=
on=20
Co. If anyone knows how to settle this question accurately, please let me=20
know so I can save Rack Cross's peace of mind. He desperately wants a=20
Washington Co. Red-headed Woodpecker in order to have a comfortable margin a=
gainst=20
error on his infamous 200+ spp. NOTE [NOrtheast TEnn. 5-county region] list.=
=20
If anyone should try to find the sites using a Delormes Gazeteer, be=20
forewarned of the following differences in road names:
(using the format - actual roadsign name / Delormes name)
Mae McKee Rd./McKee Rd.
Stockton Rd. / no name given, a loop off of McKee Rd.
Sandbar Rd. / Vest Rd.
Treadway Rd.(Wash. Co. end of next) / Old Jonesboro Rd.
Wilholt Rd. (Greene Co. end of above) / Old Jonesboro Rd.
*a NOTE to Rack: If you notice that you are piling up unusually large=20
numbers of Red-headed Woodpeckers on your list, you may be lost and going in=
=20
circles. To avoid this, hang something noticeable, like a handkerchief or G=
PS=20
unit, to a fence or bush near each sighting. :-)
Don Holt
Johnson City, TN
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