FreeLists / tn-bird / [TN-Bird] shorebirds, Mottled Duck and terrorists in Memphis

[BEAMERWITT@xxxxxxx]

I decided to have a go at the Mottled Duck today and arrived at TVA lake at  
9 AM.  I managed a fairly unsatisfactory view of the duck, and planned to  try 
again later in the day.  There were still thousands of shorebirds  present on 
the sewage ponds, unfortunately the species diversity was low, most  were 
Least and Pectoral Sandpipers.  Also seen were a few Spotted, Western,  
Semipalms, one nice adult winter Baird's, one Solitary, a few Lesser legs, a 
few  BN 
Stilts, and one crisp adult winter Wilson's Phalarope.  Other than  Killdeer, 
only Semi plovers were seen.  After all that, a return  to TVA Lake added 
nothing new other than 4 Caspian Terns, but the duck  numbers were building.  
Fast 
food lunch and then another trip through the  shorebirds and then back to the 
lake at 2:30 PM.  No sign of the Mottled  Duck, but after about 10 minutes, I 
was accosted by a female TVA security  officer and advised that I must exit all 
TVA property.  Despite all my  efforts, she was unyielding, and I was forced 
to leave the area.  I  understood her to say that it was a result of the 
current terror alert  status?  At any rate, wanted to warn anyone making an 
effort 
to see the  duck that there is a chance that the authorities may  intervene!   
 
 
Terry Witt
Murfreesboro Tn 37130

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