FreeLists / tn-bird / [tn-bird] Roseate Spoonbill - YES!

["Ron Hoff" <dollyron@xxxxxxx>]

Tn-birders,
Since Don Miller thought the bird might be roosting in the same area each 
night, my wife and I decided to try again for the Spoonbill. We found it this 
time. 

Directions: as you are standing at the Kinser Park boat ramp, looking straight 
out into the water, there is a parking space in the trees to the right. You 
walk through this space and there is a narrow path that goes over a very low 
barbed wire and empties out onto the back side of the public golf course. Keep 
walking straight for about 150 yards to the top of a grassy hill (this is 
actually part of the fairway on one of the golf holes). You will be able to see 
the backwater here with what looks like some duckweed floating on the surface. 
We found the Spoonbill feeding in this shallow area about 6:30 p.m. (Thursday 
evening). The water in this area goes even further back to the right and it all 
looks to be fairly shallow, so if you don't find the bird here, keep to the 
left side of the golf course walk a bit more to see more of the backwater.

I took a couple of digital photos. If anybody is interested in looking at it, 
email me and I will attach it to an email to you.

Good luck and great birding to all.

Ron Hoff
Clinton, Tn.



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