FreeLists / birdky / [birdky] RPT: Reelfoot Lake CBC KY portion results

["Palmer-Ball, Brainard \(EPPC OOS KNPC\)" <Brainard.Palmer-Ball@xxxxxx>]

Nancy Moore, Ken Leggett, Donna Ward, and myself covered the KY portion
of the Reelfoot Lake CBC circle (plus a little of the Long Point Unit in
Tennessee) on Saturday, December 16th.

 

We had 81 species in this small chunk of the circle; the count total was
117 species, which tied the count record. Mark Greene has a recent post
to TN-BIRD on the entire count results:

 

http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/TNBD.html

 

Highlights from the Long Point/South end of Lake No. 9 portion were as
follows:

 

5 species of geese with approximate totals of 500 Canada; 2 Cackling;
2500 (maybe more?) Snow; 2000 Greater White-fronted; and 2 Ross's.

 

All of the expected dabblers

 

A pretty adult "Krider's" Red-tailed Hawk

 

A Sedge Wren

 

A Palm Warbler

 

and at least 25 Lapland Longspurs.

 

Down in the TN portion of Long Point we also had 11 American Pipits and
an imm. male Common Yellowthroat.

 

I ran up to Open Pond during the early afternoon to try to find a
Western Meadowlark (no luck) and had probably 100+ more Lapland
Longspurs.

 

bpb, Frankfort