FreeLists / tn-bird / [TN-Bird] Great Horned Owl at Heron Rookery

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4 MAR 2006
Ft. Henry Drive
Kingsport, TN 
Sullivan County
Rack Cross
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This morning I visited the Great Blue Heron rookery, found by Mary Erwin 
below the Fort Patrick Henry Dam, and found the Great Horned Owl nest, reported 
by 
Michelle King, occupied by momma. No chicks were visible but must have been 
responsible for the large bumps in momma's belly as she sprawled across the 
nest.
.
No herons were visible in left side of rookery where the owls are residing. 
On the right (downstream) end of the rookery I counted 14 occupied nests of 
Great Blue Herons.
.
Although distant, these birds are easily viewed.
.
Great Horned Owl - 1 (presumed female with chicks)
Great Blue Heron - 19 
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Great morning of birding!  
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'Til we bird again
.
Rack Cross
Blountville, TN

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