Hord Property - Murfreesboro
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Hord Property - Murfreesboro |
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Photo: Scott Somershoe |
| Great Blue Heron nests in a dead tree in the farm pond. |
Colony Name:
Hord Property - Murfreesboro
Colony Code: Rutherford-4
County:
Rutherford
Geographical
Location.
Physiographic Province:
PIF 14 (Interior Low Plateaus [Western Highland Rim])
Latitude and Longitude:
35.89926 and -86.43183
How
Obtained: Was at the edge of the heronry.
Nearest City/Town:
Murfreesboro proper
Distance:
4 miles
Directions from town to colony:
North from center of town.
Owner:
Bubba and Joy Hord
Address: 5722 Old Nashville Highway, Murfreesboro, TN
37129-3056
Management Plan: None
Description.
General Description: Site is a 0.75-acre farm pond and
adjacent woods.
General Habitat:
Shoreline/Lake, Pond, Impoundment
Specific Habitat:
Deciduous Trees
Species of nest trees:
Dead tree and Sycamore
Size: > 0.5 hectare
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Photo: Scott Somershoe |
| Young Great Blue Heron waiting for its next meal. |
History.
Farm and pond
are on private property adjacent to a sewage treatment plant in northern
Murfreesboro about 0.25-mile from the Stones River.
The owners
said the birds have nested there for about 20 years. The farm pond is slated to
be condemned by the city for an expansion to the sewage treatment plant.
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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 |
| Previously About 20 Years | Great Blue Heron | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 2008 | Great Blue Heron | 12 | 6 | 8 | 6 |
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Photo: Scott Somershoe |
| Adult Great Blue Heron at a nest tree. |
2008
Survey Results.
Survey Dates:
May 9 (1:00-1:30 p.m.)
Survey Vantage Point:
On-Site Visit, On Foot
Primary Observers: Scott G. Somershoe, Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency, P. O. Box
40747, Nashville, TN 37024, 615-781-6653,
scott.somershoe@state.tn.us.
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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May 9 |
Great Blue Heron | Unfledged Young | Actual Count | Actual Count | 12 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 6 |
| Comments: May 9 - Nests are in a dead tree in the pond and a live Sycamore in the adjacent woods and are split between two trees. |
