[TN-Bird] Re: Ospreys, etc: Cocke County.
- From: michael sledjeski <mbsledjeski@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2012 12:25:17 -0400
As of yesterday, 3/22, individual ospreys were occupying at least 6 nests
viewable from the road in Cocke county. Locations: one silo at Dutch Bottoms,
Walters Bridge, Rankin coal tower, old Rankin Bridge, the RR microwave tower on
Industrial Rd., and a tower at the CSI plant. Two other visible nest sites were
unoccupied; I haven't yet checked out the seven other nests that were inhabited
last year. I also saw three ospreys at some distance from any nests.
To my knowledge, there were only two osprey nests in the county twelve years
ago. In 2011, I observed 15, with unconfirmed reports of 2 more on the Pigeon
River.
Michael Sledjeski
Del Rio TN
On Mar 23, 2012, at 9:18 AM, Scott Somershoe wrote:
> I’d been intentionally going out of my way to pass by the cell tower on
> Jefferson Pike at Sam Ridley Parkway in Smyrna where Osprey have nested for a
> couple years. I passed by on my way out of town on Wednesday morning and did
> not see them; however when I got back to town last evening the pair was
> sitting on their tower, messing around with their nest, and carrying on. I
> guess they arrived in the last 2 days. Car birding such as this is about
> I’ve been able to do for a while, but I’ll take it! Nice to see them back
> again (probably to the chagrin of the cell tower owner).
>
> Cheers,
> Scott Somershoe
>
> State Ornithologist
> Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency
> P.O. Box 40747
> Nashville, TN 37204
> 615-781-6653 (o)
> www.tnwatchablewildlife.org
> www.pbase.com/shoeman
>
>
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