Moose Lodge - Watauga River
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Moose Lodge - Watauga River |
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Colony Name:
Moose Lodge - Watauga River
Colony Code: Carter-1
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:
Across from Moose Lodge
Owner: Unknown
Address:
Management Plan: None
Description.
General Description:
General Habitat:
Riparian/River, Stream
Specific Habitat:
Deciduous Trees
Species of nest trees:
Size: 2 nests
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.
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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 Year | Yellow-crowned Night-Heron | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 2008 | Yellow-crowned Night-Heron | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
2008
Survey Results.
Survey Dates:
March 26 and April 21
Survey Vantage Point:
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 |
| March 26 | Yellow-crowned Night-Heron | Eggs in Nest | Actual Count | Actual Count | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| April 21 | Yellow-crowned Night-Heron | Eggs in Nest | Actual Count | Actual Count | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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