[TN-Bird] Re: Possible nesting shrikes (Robertson Co.)
- From: Dthomp2669@xxxxxxx
- To: tonylance@xxxxxxx, tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2012 10:44:04 -0400 (EDT)
In a message dated 3/27/2012 9:51:44 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
tonylance@xxxxxxx writes:
I did a quick drive this morning to check on a pair of shrikes that I've
been keeping an eye on. I've seen them at the same place for about a month
now, and I saw one again this morning. Normally I see a single bird, but a
couple of times I've seen two, and they're always near a large cedar tree
which makes me suspect they're nesting. More than once I've watched one fly
in and out of the tree, but I can't see a nest because the branches and
foliage are too thick.
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Several years ago, when a friend used to live near Adairsville, KY, I used
to drive to Springfield in Robertson County then up to Adairsville to
visit. Almost every time, I would see one or two shrikes near the last
crossroad just south of where the highway enters Kentucky, crosses the Red
River
and into "town." I was always thrilled with that. I like shrikes and very
seldom see them any more. Once in a great while, I saw them in Bell's
Bend across the Cumberland River from my house in Nashville's Charlotte Park.
Haven't been over there much since I became disabled and they took my
beloved Cleece's Ferry out of service quite a few years ago! Birding grounds
in Bell's Bend which WERE a mile or so from home are now 12-18 miles by car.
Of course, the developers, et al, want an ecologically impractical
BRIDGE across there to Bell's Bend. They are bursting to make Bell's Bend
into
another Cool Springs Shopping Complex and collect lots more taxes on it.
No, no, no!!!!!!!!!!!!! It's a wildlife paradise, so I'd love to see it
become another national park or wildlife sanctuary!!!!! The people who
already live there could be "grandfathered in" and keep their farms while
being
protected from any more development.
Dee Thompson
Nashville, TN
Davidson County
Nashville, TN
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