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Feb. 8, 9 & 10, 2008 
Tennessee Ornithological Society winter meeting
Benton & Henry Co.s TN 
 
Twenty-nine birders including 3 Kentucky folks and one member from  Florida 
participated in the TOS weekend on Kentucky Lake.  Paris  Landing State Park, 
Pace Point and Briton Ford areas were covered. Saturday  weather was about 
ideal for February with sunny skies and light winds. Few  rarities were found 
but 
clear air and good light meant that good looks were had  most of the species 
seen. One highlight was a long, "30 minute glimpse" of  distant soaring Golden 
Eagle. Good looks at Barred Owl, Bald Eagle;  Pintail, Redhead & Ring-necked  
ducks; Snow, Ross' & Greater  White-fronted geese; good rafts of Canvasbacks 
and innumerable Am. Coots. Loon  numbers were noticeably low, with only Common 
Loon seen. 
 
Many thanks to Mike Todd for leading and acting as local guide. He may post  
additional details for the weekend. 
 
Sunday the winds picked up and made some areas tuff to bird. On Sunday  
afternoon my group found a 1st yr. male White-winged Scoter at Eva Beach  
recreation area, Nathan Bedford Forest State park. My count was 85 species on  
Saturday 
with 8 more added on Sunday. Ninety-three species, not a bad total for  a TN 
winter outing. 
 
Richard Connors
Nashville
List follows:
 
Greater White-fronted Goose
Snow Goose
Ross's Goose
Canada  Goose
Wood Duck
Gadwall
American Wigeon
American Black  Duck
Mallard
Northern Shoveler
Northern Pintail
Green-winged  Teal
Canvasback
Redhead
Ring-necked Duck
Greater Scaup
Lesser  Scaup
WHITE-WINGED SCOTER 1
Bufflehead
Common Goldeneye
Hooded Merganser
Red-breasted  Merganser
Ruddy Duck
Wild Turkey
Common Loon
Pied-billed  Grebe
Horned Grebe
American White Pelican
Double-crested  Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
Bald  Eagle
Northern Harrier
Red-shouldered Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
GOLDEN  EAGLE 1
American Kestrel
PEREGRINE FALCON 1
American Coot
Sandhill  Crane
Killdeer
Bonaparte's Gull
Ring-billed Gull
LESSER BLACK-BACKED  GULL 1
Forster's Tern
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Barred Owl
Belted  Kingfisher
Red-headed Woodpecker
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy  Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Pileated  Woodpecker
Eastern Phoebe
LOGERHEAD SHRIKE 1
Blue Jay
American  Crow
Horned Lark
TREE SWALLOW 2
Carolina Chickadee
Tufted  Titmouse
White-breasted Nuthatch
Carolina Wren
Winter  Wren
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Eastern Bluebird
American Robin
Northern  Mockingbird
Brown Thrasher
European Starling
Yellow-rumped  Warbler
Eastern Towhee
Field Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
Fox  Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
White-throated  Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Northern  Cardinal
Red-winged Blackbird
Eastern Meadowlark
Rusty  Blackbird
Common Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird
House Finch
American  Goldfinch
House Sparrow



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