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["David and Gloria Patterson" <dgpatterson@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Standifer Gap Marsh, Chattanooga, Hamilton County
May 22, 2007
Least Bittern Nests:

#1, May 9, 3 eggs, May 12 eggs gone, apparent predator
#2, May 9, 4 eggs, May 12 eggs gone, apparent predator
#3, May 22, 3 eggs, male came to nest
#4, May 22, 0 eggs, bowl good, very little canopy, cattails still too short
#5, May 22, 0 eggs, new, unfinished, cattails neither high nor dense
#6, May 22, 2 eggs, highest nest I have yet seen, bowl 40" above water

Along the east side, near the black plastic fence, flushed a Least Bittern that 
appeared immature, lots of down, but able to fly.  It seems to early for that?

Weasel, first I have seen at the marsh, likely Least Bittern predator,
especially for nests that can be reached without swimming.

David Patterson
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