[tn-bird] They are NOT a myth!!
- From: K Dean EDWARDS <kde@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: Tennessee Birds <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2002 11:17:14 -0400 (EDT)
Wallace is probably going to throw me off the list for all these
out-of-state posts so this will be my last for a while. Delete
if not interested.
But those who know me and know of my long, tireless quest to see
that bird which I have long claimed mythical, which I have spent
years seeking without success from childhood visits to Huntington
Beach State Park in SC to more recent pre-dawn vigils at the airport
marsh on Dauphin Island in AL, which I have failed to find despite
advice from such noteworthy individuals as Jeff Wilson, Charles
Kennedy and Audrey Mayer, who did her graduate research at UT on
this species -- though I suggested (in jest) that she had made
the whole thing up because this species just did not exist --
those of you may wish to read on, for I have now seen ... a
Seaside Sparrow.
And, in fact, I have heard dozens of them. I even took a "Where's
the beef?" photo of the critter sitting in a sea of marsh grasses
singing his little song.
An early end to testing and that wonderful creation called Daylight
Saving Time allowed me to make the hour and a half drive from
Aberdeen, MD, to Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge near Dover,
DE, Tuesday afternoon (16 April 2002). I was able to spend only
a couple of hours there but ended up with 51 species plus another
dozen in the rest of Delaware. Could have added a lot more if
I had brought my scope on this work trip. Well worth the trip
and highly recommended... especially if you've spent almost 20
years looking for Seaside Sparrows.
Dean Edwards
Knoxville, TN
kde@xxxxxxx
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