Black Bottom - Watauga River
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Black Bottom - Watauga River |
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Colony Name:
Black Bottom - Watauga River
Colony Code: Carter-2
County:
Carter
Geographical
Location.
Physiographic Province:
PIF 13 (Southern Ridge and Valley); BCR 28 (Appalachian Mountains)
Latitude and Longitude:
How
Obtained:
Nearest City/Town:
Elizabethton
Distance:
Directions from town to colony:
Owner:
Address:
Management Plan: None
Description.
General Description:
General Habitat:
Riparian/River, Stream
Specific Habitat:
Species of nest trees:
Size:
History.
This is part of three breeding sites--Moose Lodge, Black
Bottom, and Sycamore Shoals State Park, for Yellow-crowned Night-Heron, along a
1 to 1.5 miles section of the Watauga River, from Sycamore Shoals State Park
upstream to the Gilbert Peters bridge. All nests are in a riparian corridor
along the Watauga River. Yellow-crowned Night-Herons have nested in this area
since at least 1978.
This site has had up to five nests in
previous year, but the property is now posted. There were probably more than one
nest in 2008.
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Cumulative Breeding Summary |
| Year | Species | Maximum Number Adults Observed |
Total Number Active Nests |
Total Number Young Seen in Nests |
Estimated Breeding Pairs |
| Previous Years | Yellow-crowned Night-Heron | -- | up to 5 | -- | up to 5 |
| 2008 | Yellow-crowned Night-Heron | -- | 1 | -- | 1 |
2008
Survey Results.
Survey Dates:
Survey Vantage Point:
From Greenbelt on the opposite of the river.
Primary Observers: Rick Knight,
rknight8@earthlink.net.
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2008 Breeding Surveys |
| Date | Species | Reproductive Stage | Survey Type (Nests) | Survey Type (Adults) | Total Number Adults | Total Number Nests | Number Active Nests | Number Young Seen | Estimated Breeding Pairs |
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2008 |
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron | -- | Actual Count | Actual Count | -- | -- | 1 | -- | 1 |
| Comments: 2008 - The property is now posted and there were probably more than one nest. The one nest was seen from the Greenbelt on the opposite side of the river. |
