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CORRECTION NOTE: Historical Snippet - June 15-20,1936

In reviewing records from the 1936 field party jamboree held by TOS on Roan Mountain, today, I began to notice that several of the dates in the species accounts were for a period outside the time span reported by Albert F. Ganier.

It turns out that Ganier evidently listed the wrong dates for the jamboree at Roan Mountain. Shortly after returning to Nashville, he published a short note in THE MIGRANT reporting they had visited Roan Mnt. June 22-27 (CORRECT). Below is the reference and a reproduction of the date he listed in that September 1936 issue of the state journal.

After looking at the various reports and considering the dates for species seen and nests found, it appears that the accurate date for this event was:

Monday June 22-Saturday June 27, 1936 (CORRECT DATE)

Monday thru Saturday June 22-27, 1936 (CORRECT DATE) reported by Ganier, THE MIGRANT, Vol 7, No. 3, pp 75

In the December issue of the journal he wrote the report and results of the visit to Roan Mountain for the journal. Here he listed the dates as June 15-20

THE MIGRANT Vol. 7, No. 4, pp 84, 1936. June 15-20, 1936 (INCORRECT) Ganier


In December 1936, Bruce Tyler and Bob Lyle prepared a notebook about the event and distributed one to each of the party members. The date on the front listed June 23-28 (INCORRECT)

June 23-28, 1936 (INCORRECT) Tyler & Lyle Tuesday thru Sunday

Duck Hawk (Peregrine Falcon) June 22 and June 24
Northern Raven June 25
Red-breasted Nuthatch nest June 23
Eastern Winter Wren June 25
Eastern Robin June 22
Eastern Bluebird June 25
Cedar Waxwing June 25
Mountain Vireo June 22
Chestnut-sided Warbler
June 22 Canada Warbler
June 25 Mississippi
Song Sparrow June 22

I regret not having detected these errors earlier.

Let's go birding......

Wallace Coffey
Bristol, TN