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Fw: probable Tennessee Warbler at Townville, SC



Tennessee Warblers are regular, but uncommon, migrants in South Carolina,
most numerous in the upper Piedmont and Blue Ridge. It's a bit early for
them. I usually find them during the last week of April or first week of
May. A lot of stuff seems to be a bit early this year.

Robin Carter
Columbia, SC
rcarter@sc.rr.com

----- Original Message -----
From: <Jim.Edwards@furman.edu>
To: <carolinabirds@acpub.duke.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, April 10, 2002 2:15 PM
Subject: probable Tennessee Warbler at Townville, SC


> Although Garrett and Dunn rate them as uncommon in spring east of the
> Appalachians, and although their migration peak is still a week or so
away,
> Bing Somers, Jane Chew, and I are convinced that we had a vibrantly
singing
> Tennessee Warbler in Beaverdam WMA last Sunday morning.  The bird was on
> fenced private land across a wide stream, and in spite of our best efforts
> (pishing, simulated owl calls), it wouldn't show itself; but the
three-part
> song was clear and convincing (to us).  It sang for 5-10 minutes and then
> stopped; on our way back out of the WMA we visited the area again, and the
> bird had resumed singing.  Again we heard it clearly for at least 5
> minutes, but it remained across the stream and hidden.
>
> To try to falsify our on-the-spot identification, we've now all listened
to
> the Stokes CD recording of the bird's song, and we're still convinced
> that's what we heard.  I won't put it on my Townville list without visual
> confirmation, but I thought the encounter might be of interest to other
> Carolinabirds readers.  Common as they are in the fall at places like
> Jackson Park or Caesars Head, before last Sunday I've not had a Tennessee
> in SC in spring.
>
> Jim Edwards
> jim.edwards@furman.edu
>
>