FreeLists / tn-bird / [TN-Bird] Avocet etc. at TNNWR (Duck River Unit)

[Chris Sloan <chris.sloan@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Since Jay Desgrosellier and I both have had a bad case of cabin fever 
for a while, we decided to take account of the gorgeous weather today 
(April 5) to spend a few hours doing some leisurely birding at one of 
our favorite places, the Duck River Unit of the Tennessee National 
Wildlife Refuge near New Johnsonville, TN.  We spent about 6 hours 
there (0730 to 1330) and tallied 88 species with minimal effort, 
including the following highlights:

1 AMERICAN AVOCET - one in breeding plumage feeding frenetically along 
the back edge of Pool 3
12 American Golden-Plovers
100 each of Greater & Lesser Yellowlegs
16 species of ducks & geese including:
   1500 Blue-winged Teal
   750 Green-winged Teal
   3 American Black Ducks
   200 Mallards
   35 Wood Ducks
   20 Northern Pintails
   225 Northern Shovelers
   150 Gadwall
   15 American Wigeon
   35 Greater Scaup (best looks we've ever had at wing stripe on 
flying birds!)
   15 Lesser Scaup
   40 Bufflehead
   40 Hooded Mergansers
   20 Red-breasted Mergansers
   9 Ruddy Ducks
1 Broad-winged Hawk
all the regular swallows except Bank
35 Blue-gray Gnatcatchers
1 American Pipit
1 White-eyed Vireo
2 Warbling Vireos
5 warblers including 2 Prothonotary and 1 Common Yellowthroat

For a leisurely half-day of birding, you won't hear any complaints 
from us.

Chris Sloan
chris.sloan@xxxxxxxxxxx
Nashville, TN

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