[TN-Bird] Re: Speculation on Eurasian Collared-Dove in northeast TN
- From: "Wallace Coffey" <jwcoffey@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "TN-birds" <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 3 Sep 2004 00:48:45 -0400
Jeff OLCOTT Wilson and others:
The Eurasian Collared-Dove seen this summer in Hawkins County, Tn at the
community of Bull's Gap by John Rucker was in a tree right next to the
Norfolk Southern Railway tracks headed north towards Southwest Virginia. I
went down and looked over the area. It makes sense to me that this bird may
be in that location due to the rairlroad.
Let's go birding....
Wallace Coffey
Bristol, TN
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From: <OLCOOT1@xxxxxxx>
To: <raincrow@xxxxxxx>; <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, September 02, 2004 10:48 PM
Subject: [TN-Bird] Re: Speculation on Eurasian Collared-Dove in northeast TN
> In a message dated 8/31/2004 9:49:11 PM Central Standard Time,
> raincrow@xxxxxxx writes:
> This sequence of sightings may be coincidental, but it seems likely to
> me that it isn't necessarily so. The 11E corridor offers a lot of the
> kind of habitat that collared-doves prefer: mostly open country
> consisting of a combination of residential subdivisions and nearby
> farmlands, with abundant scattered woodlots. The road itself is mostly
> four-lane and makes an easy path to follow--a long gray ribbon extending
> northeast through the region. I think of it as a "dry river."
>
> I'm not real familiar with that area as I've only traveled it a few times
to
> enjoy some of the great bird finds over that way (I'm waiting Wallace) but
I
> would bet there is a railroad track that follows the 11E corridor. These
birds
> seem to follow tracks for the food found at grain elevators or the normal
> spills along the tracks and such. Being more of an urban bird they are
quite
> comfortable around humans and enjoy the waste they provide and also
readily take to
> feeders.
>
> These birds usually spread to the northwest just as they did across Europe
> and now the US and then slowly back fill along good habitat as numbers
grow in
> settled areas.
>
> Check out the railroad tracks and any grain transfer areas and I'll bet
that
> is where you will find the birds in concentration and they bleed out from
> those locations. I'm not sure about which or how much grain crops are a
part of
> the area economy but railroads are the way to go to find these birds, at
least
> in all the states I've seen them.
>
> Just another avenue to explore.............
>
>
> Good Birding!!!
>
> Jeff R. Wilson
> OL'COOT / TLBA
> Bartlett, TN
>
>
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