FreeLists / tn-bird / [TN-Bird] White Ibis and shorebirds in Anderson County

["James Campbell" <jmcbrcwarbler@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Mike Smith, manager TWRA's Eagle Bend Fish Hatchery, phoned about two White 
Ibis and many shorebirds this morning Wed. July 7,2005. My wife, Betty Reid 
Campbell, and I arrived there at approx. 10 AM and found them in the first 
pond on the left just past the power line. The heavy rain prevented the use 
of our scope and also made good binocular looks difficult. Present were:

Pied-billed Grebe1
WHITE IBIS 2
Great Blue Heron 1
Green Heron 5
Canada Goose approx. 50
Mallard 5

Cooper's Hawk 1
Killdeer approx. 75
Greater Yellowlegs at least 1
Lesser Yellowlegs approx. 30
Spotted Sandpiper 4
Peep Sandpipers approx. 40 (most appeared to be Least but maybe a few Semis 
or Westerns)
Possibly 1 Stilt Sandpiper
Dowitcher (species?) 4

Kingfisher 1
Purple Martin approx. 20

The Cooper's Hawk made two passes at the shorebirds scattering them for 
around five minutes each time before they returned to the same pond. We 
couldn't tell if it caught any shorebirds.Mike Smith said he is in the 
process of lowering some more ponds which could continue the good shorebird 
opportunities.

Eagle Bend Fish Hatchery is next to the Clinch River by State Highway 61 
between Clinton, TN and Interstate 75.

Jim and Betty Reid Campbell
Oak Ridge, TN


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