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Sunday, 15 FEB 2004
Elizabethton, TN and Wilbur Lake, Carter Co., TN
D. Holt

Dexter and Linda Newman and I got out early today to see the Selasphorus 
hummingbird at Gary Wallace's house in Elizabethton.  Having repeatedly seen 
how 
easy it is for birders much more experienced and skilled than I to make huge 
mistakes on hummer id's, I have no qualms about doing the same.  I think it is 
an adult female Rufous, because the tail at rest barely projected beyond the 
wingtips, and she sported two or three orangey red gorget feathers on her 
otherwise clear white throat.

We also went to 'Wilbur Lake to check out the waterfowl.  The Redhead flock 
has grown to nine (six males, three females).  There were also a male and two 
female Gadwall, at least 17 Ring-necked Ducks, and the usual bountiful 
Buffleheads.

Near the bridge at Wilbur Lake we found a mixed feeding flock with Carolina 
Chickadees, Tufted Titmice, White-breasted Nuthatches, Golden-crowned Kinglets, 
Ruby-crowned Kinglets, Brown Creepers, and one BLUE-HEADED VIREO that 
investigated us closely for several minutes.  Later, below Wilbur Dam, we also 
found 
Carolina Wrens and Winter Wrens.  

Thanks to the Newmans for taking me along on a rainy day to share in Nature's 
blessings.

Don Holt
Johnson City, TN
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