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[Rconnorsphoto@xxxxxxx]

It was a super Sunday to visit theTn National Wildlife Refuge- Duck River and 
Big Sandy units along the Tennessee River. 
First stop for us comming from Nashville was Cuba Landing, part of Duck River 
unit and right off I40 west. Best sight here was a group of 18 mostly male 
Readhead ducks dabbling in the shallows in the bright sunshine.
Pace Point could have kept us entertained all day. Favorites included Greater 
Scaup, Common Goldeneye and the many Red-breasted Mergansers with the males 
chasing and displaying. Late in the afernoon while scanning the bay below the 
maintence sheds on Pace Point road we had a fly-over of two flocks of White 
Pelicans one with about 50 birds the other about 30 birds. They were heading 
west 
toward Big Sandy River bay. They were not seen from Britton Ford overlook 
later. At the overlook an incomming flock of  Greater White-fronted geese gave 
us 
a "life listen" of their musical higher-pitched calls.
Most the Bald Eagles seen during the day were adults, including the 20 or 
more we saw comming to roost off Pace Point road after sunset.
Richard Connors
Nashville TN


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