FreeLists / tn-bird / [TN-Bird] Bad Hair Day and Sandhill Cranes at Eagle Lake Refuge at Memphis-Photos

[OLCOOT1@xxxxxxx]

Jan. 13, 2007
TVA Lake, Robco Lake,
and Eagle Lake Refuge
Shelby Co. TN
 
At TVA Lake, in Ensley Bottoms, I watched the scaup fall in until the lake  
was almost black with birds. I had counted over 3,000 when they started falling 
 in and the mass quickly more than doubled. Greater Scaup were present in 
numbers  well over 100 with 30 coming in in one flight by themselves. Four bill 
 
tagged Lesser Scaup, a female and 3 males were present today.
 
At Robco, the numbers were slightly down with a leucistic Lesser Scaup  still 
outstanding in the mix.
 
At Eagle Lake, I had 15 species of waterfowl (no deep water for divers but  
still  1 Ruddy and 2 Ring-necked) with 4 species of geese, 224 Snow,  17 
Ross's, 3 Greater White-fronted and 22 Canada.
 
The big treats of the day were a rain drenched Bald Eagle that posed  in a 
tree about 100 yards away and Sandhill Cranes.   I  got some good shots through 
the scope of a bad hair day for  the majestic eagle, but the best treat was 
hearing Sandhill Cranes and  then watching 3 flying low over the wet filled 
fields here in west TN.
 
For photos of Eagle and Cranes try: _http://www.pbase.com/ol_coot/new_2007_ 
(http://www.pbase.com/ol_coot/new_2007) 
 
Good Birding  !!!
Jeff R. Wilson / TLBA
6298 Memphis-Arlington Road
Bartlett, TN  38135


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