[TN-Bird] Re: Rough-legged Hawk, Sandhill Crane (Greene Co., TN)
- From: Ben Britton <benbrdn@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: Don Miller <pandion@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Bird List Freelists <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Bristol Bird Network <bristol-birds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Don Miller <butternuts@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 3 Apr 2011 23:41:57 +0000
Sun 3 Apr 2011....330-500pm
I returned to JB wildlife refuge and also observed the Rough-legged Hawk just
after it took off....as it circled over the barn I watched it get higher and
higher and head toward the North East.....this may be its departure day.
Other notables were a covey of 6 bobwhites along the road to the barn. Which
contained a Barn Owl....sitting in the rafters. I also saw 4 lesser-
yellowlegs flying by ( and calling). I observed White-crowned sparrows and 2
Savannah sparrows below the barn.
Earlier along Glades road, I jumped 2 vesper sparrows ( one returned to the
ground and peeked at me for a while). Murray-Bridge road bridge over Lick
Creek had a Rusty Blackbird in with 5 redwings....and 2 purple finch dining on
buds.
The Pond near Lick creek, Smelcer Rd. and Toby rd. contained Blue-wing teal, a
lone Ringed-neck Drake and a coot.
A nice afternoon of "brdn".
Ben Britton
Morristown, TN Hamblen co.
> Date: Sat, 2 Apr 2011 21:46:47 -0400
> From: pandion@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> To: TN-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; bristol-birds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx;
> butternuts@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [TN-Bird] Rough-legged Hawk, Sandhill Crane (Greene Co., TN)
>
> April 2, 2011
> Alice Loftin and I visited the Joachim Bible Refuge briefly this morning to
> check for the Rough-legged Hawk that has been there at least since February
> 16, when Ben Britton observed it. Almost immediately, we found the bird in
> flight over the field to the west of South Mohawk Road. We watched it for at
> least fifteen minutes. At one point while focusing on the hawk, I picked up
> four Sandhill Cranes in flight adjacent to the refuge. They were headed
> northwest and disappeared from view quickly.
>
> The RLHA gave us excellent views, and I was able to note that the dorsal
> sides of the wings showed large pale primary patches, which are indicative of
> juveniles or subadults.
>
> Don Miller
> Greeneville, Greene Co., TN
>
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