AVMA News

JANUARY 25, 2024

The American Association of Feline Practitioners held a hybrid in-person and virtual annual conference from October 12-15, 2023, in Memphis, Tennessee. The AAFP conducted business and seated some new officials.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 10, 2011

The Tennessee Warbler is a poster child for the boreal forests of Canada and the far northern United States. As autumn arrives and the days get shorter and cooler Tennessee Warblers make their way south to Central America and northern South America, sometimes as far south as Ecuador.

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AVMA News

APRIL 30, 2024

Jasmin Paris, a veterinarian from the United Kingdom, made history this spring as the first woman to complete the Barkley Marathons, an ultramarathon at Frozen Head Park in Wartburg, Tennessee.

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JANUARY 22, 2022

Tennessee Warblers? Although the small but mighty Tennessee also occurs on the Caribbean, it’s a lot more common in the drier habitats of the Pacific slope and upper elevations. Typical Tennessee Warbler wintering habitat in Costa Rica. Costa Rica? Pish and a dozen might flit into view.

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DECEMBER 15, 2011

Get yourself to Hiwassee Wildlife Refuge in Meigs County, Tennessee! Now this is a bird worth seeing !

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OCTOBER 13, 2018

This particular land near the Tennessee-Georgia border is critical as a protection for Taylor Branch, a tributary of the Conasauga River. As one of our country’s most biodiverse rivers, this entire habitat is considered ‘high priority’ in the Wildlife Action Plan of the state Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency.

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AUGUST 24, 2015

My mind was already trying to place it, coming up with Northern Parula (though I saw no real blue), Red-eyed Vireo (though it seemed too small), and Tennessee Warbler (though the lack of a good look at the face made that a tough call). Tennessee Warblers have a thin, dark eye-line and a small, thin, sharply-pointed bill.

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JANUARY 6, 2012

The more ecotourism dollars earned through the festival the more likely that the Sandhill Crane hunt there will go from tabled for two years to permanently cancelled. The festival is next weekend, 14-15 January, and will be held at Hiwassee Refuge so, who knows, maybe you will get to see the vagrant Hooded Crane as well!

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MAY 31, 2020

Despite the cold, I had to take a run at our last migrants this weekend and was rewarded with a lovely morning of lakeshore birding that included an FOY Tennessee Warbler … don’t know how that one got past me all month!

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DECEMBER 11, 2021

The golden bird was on a buggy island in a wetland, a spot that also harbored many other wintering warblers including several Tennessees and a busy Worm-eating. A few Golden-wingeds and Black-and-whites also entertained, and we were psyched to catch glimpses of a beautiful, bandit masked, male Hooded.

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APRIL 28, 2024

At one time six Tennessee Warblers were overwhelming an orange half. Orioles were very abundant with over 40 Baltimore Orioles and smaller numbers of Bullock’s and Orchard. A Blue-winged Warbler hid amongst the retama almost at ground level, while a Wilson’s Warbler poked around higher up.

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MARCH 30, 2019

The same goes for Blackburnian and even Tennessee Warblers. Some Tennessee Warblers also feast on bananas. One of our most abundant wintering species, the Chestnut-sided Warbler has been changing its gnatcatcher-like winter plumage for smart breeding colors.

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MARCH 27, 2021

Based on birding this very morning from the back of my place in Costa Rica, I can guarantee that at least some Baltimore Orioles, Tennessee Warblers , a Painted Bunting and a few other migrants are still far to the south. Baltimore Oriole- one of the more common wintering birds in Costa Rica.

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MAY 23, 2020

Niagara Falls State Park, right above the cataracts, is where I used to bike to on May days to see dozens of fantastic chestnut Bay-breasted Warblers whispering from the canopy, American Redstarts and Tennessee Warblers and Nashville Warblers filling the woods with song.

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DECEMBER 14, 2021

However, most states still have less than 100 species, including: Missouri (98, unchanged); Wyoming (97, unchanged); Georgia (94, up from 54); Nevada (93, up from 53); Delaware (88, up from 83); Maine (82, up from 76); South Carolina (82, up from 49); Louisiana (81, up from 73); Alaska (79, up from 34); Maryland (62, unchanged); Illinois (50, up from (..)

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NOVEMBER 10, 2018

Baltimore Orioles are coming to feeders in November and checking out avocado trees (I saw six of them doing just that a few hour ago), Tennessee Warblers are masquerading as Old World warblers in most places, and small flocks of Rose-breasted Grosbeaks are making appearances.

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JULY 7, 2018

I’ve been birding on the Tennessee side of GSM for over thirty years; and Cades Cove is at the top of my easily accessible, ‘private’ habitats. This area, located in the southeastern Tennessee side, is one of the few open spaces in the park. Most visitors arrive by car and take the one-way, 11-mile Loop Road.

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2018

He did, however, manage to see a migratory Tennessee Warbler at Kissena Park on Saturday morning and he decided that was his Best Bird of the Weekend. Corey did not see a ton of birds this weekend as he didn’t want to deal too much with the rainy weather that plagued New York City. How about you? What was your best bird of the weekend?

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 8, 2011

Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens Tennessee Warbler Oreothlypis peregrina Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas Yellow Warbler Setophaga petechia Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera (..)

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OCTOBER 29, 2022

It was quickly followed by wintering, pearly colored Chestnut-sided Warblers , tiny Tennessees , and one smart Black-capped Wilson’s after another. In keeping with October colors, our first warbler of the day was a beautiful male American Redstart. It sallied over a small water catchment area, flashing bright orange on velvet black.

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MARCH 14, 2011

If you wrote to Tennessee in the 10,000 Birds campaign this winter, you can cut and paste your letter, changing “Tennessee&# to “Kentucky.&# We fought them back in Tennessee; there’s a two-year stay on their proposal. We can fight them back in Kentucky, too.

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MAY 21, 2011

Everywhere cranes gather, from New Mexico to Indiana to Tennessee, people come to watch them. One of the interesting statistics that came out of neighboring Tennessee’s crane hunting controversy is that Tennessee has marked an 81% increase in wildlife watchers over the past decade, while its hunters declined 25%. “To

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AUGUST 23, 2015

Corey’s Best Bird of the Weekend was a ratty male Tennessee Warbler that was aware of its tattered plumage and kept trying to preen it in presentableness. For example, not a single Caspian Tern showed up while I was hanging around the shore of Lake Ontario.

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MAY 18, 2018

Last Friday, a Kirtland’s Warbler appeared in Central Park for the first time ever, shortly before I was obliged to get on a plane to Tennessee. As a result (albeit a very very indirect result) I left my boyfriend, moved more than halfway across the U.S., and got a master’s degree and a tattoo.

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OCTOBER 16, 2011

It wasn’t until well after I returned home that I found the answer: They were winter Tennessee Warblers who’d been feeding in a flowering Combretum tree. Here’s a typical fall Tennessee Warbler –that needle-sharp bill, pale superciliary, and lack of wingbars, tailspots, or streaks of any kind. New species.

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JANUARY 2, 2021

Tennessee Warbler is one of my winter birds. It doesn’t mean that various issues and problems have disappeared, but at least a new calendar year is a fine excuse for renewal. In the birding realm, it means a new year list, beginning the year with winter birds, and planning trips for the next 12 months.

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OCTOBER 27, 2013

In particular, I remember this one Chukar situation down South in Tennessee* a while ago. I might have never been to Tennessee and might or might not have made this up for the sake of a story to tell. Until I yell that it should not here roam! So Chattanooga Chukar. won’t you shoo-shoo back home? Chattanooga Chukar.

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JUNE 25, 2019

Tennessee Warblers may be fairly drab by the prismatic standards of this group, but they certainly get around. In fact, Tennessee Warblers are the most abundant warbler in the coffee plantations of Central America in winter. Take a clue from their scientific names ( Oreothlypis peregrina ) and anoint them the Wandering Warblers.

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JULY 9, 2022

The grass also hosts many Yellow Warblers, Tennessees can appear too and during migration, Dickcissels can be common. My numerous memories of this beautiful bird bias my perception of it in Costa Rica, make me feel like it’s out of place even though it’s perfectly at home in leftover weedy lots in Heredia and montane gardens.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

This blog was written by Sherry Turner Teas, a rehabber in Chattanooga, Tennessee: It started out as a normal day for a wildlife rehabilitator here in Tennessee – giving medicine, cleaning cages, and feeding baby birds.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 27, 2018

Rocky Fork State Park, Tennessee. The coves are populated with oak, hemlock, poplar, and the area is stream-rich (including a Class V river gorge) with lush understories and shrubs. If you visit later in the year, join Audubon’s Christmas Bird Count. Yellow-rumped Warbler. Photo by © Mike Blevins.

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 11, 2019

Dr. Crow is dubiously credited today for originating the sour mash method used in traditional bourbon and Tennessee whiskey distillation. But as the crow flies, Kentucky’s southern border with Tennessee is just about within reach. Crow, a Scottish chemist-physician who settled in Frankfort, Kentucky in the 1820s.

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APRIL 29, 2014

Tennessee Warbler. Orioles, really, really like oranges. They can’t get enough. Baltimore Oriole. If you ask me, no bird looks more at home with an orange than a male Baltimore. Like peas and carrots. Of all warblers, the humble and adaptable TEWA has the strongest preference for oranges.

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APRIL 18, 2021

said Alix Parks of Happinest Wildlife Rehab in Tennessee. Occasionally a lucky wildlife rehabilitator will come across a perfectionist who not only delivers the wildlife in a proper cardboard box, but adds the name of the rehab center and lovely artwork to boot. Yes, there was an American Kestrel inside!”

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 8, 2018

By the end of my walk around Meadow Lake I had hit double digit wood-warblers for the day, with Tennessee and Orange-crowned Warblers at Baisley Pond Park as additional highlights. Not only that but I found a Northern Waterthrush as well. The second of my four Yellow Warblers.

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Critter News

APRIL 18, 2010

According to PCRM, the schools are Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, and the University of Tennessee College of Medicine, Chattanooga campus. Tags: University of Tennessee animal research Uniformed Services University Johns Hopkins University.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 8, 2012

Peregrine Falcons frequent the sheer rock faces of Tennessee Valley. Searching for Golden Gate Great Horned Owls. Varied Thrush habitat on Mount Tamalpais. Red-tailed Hawks often hunt through dusk in San Francisco. I imagine them beaming through this shortcut too.

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