FreeLists / tn-bird / [TN-Bird] KY Lake; 11/14/06

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11/14/06
KY Lake; Henry Co.
Pace Point, Britton Ford, and Paris Landing areas
I decided to make a quick trip back to KY Lake to see if there might have been 
any new additions with the recent front that came through. Duck numbers were 
way down around the Pace Point area, but Paris Landing is now loaded with 
Scaup. I only spent a total of about 3 hours birding this morning, so didn't 
spend very long in any area.

When I arrived at Pace Point, Kevin Breault and Dee Thompson were already in 
the area. They had the WESTERN GREBE located, but the big raft of divers that 
is usually in the area was nowhere to be found; same goes for the Red-necked 
Grebe. There were practically no Scaup in the Pace Point area. The two 
WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS were still present off the northeast corner of Pace Point. 
They were actively feeding with Mallards and Black Ducks, foraging by swimming 
in the shallows with their heads underwater. It was nice to have looks at the 
adult male in calm conditions, so that orange bill and white comma behind the 
eye really stood out, even at a distance. This is one of my favorite birds in a 
long time. A Black Duck doesn't look black anymore when swimming next to that 
bad boy!

Otherwise in the area, not much except my 1st Common Goldeneye of the fall, and 
the 1st nice group of about 30 Red-breasted Mergansers. Loon numbers were very 
low, with only about 30 visible between Pace and Rocky Point. I didn't look for 
loons at all later in the day. Otherwise the highlight at Pace was a lone 
AMERICAN  AVOCET that flew in literally as I was about to turn my car around to 
leave. 

From Pace we went to Britton Ford, on the chance that the Scoters, especially 
the Black,  might still be present. No luck, and very few birds at all in the 
bay below the observation platform. They should be closing this area to boat 
traffic very soon, so it should start filling up. Otherwise at Britton Ford 
about the only thing of interest was a lone 'Blue' Goose in amongst the handful 
of Canada Geese that I could see. No shorebirds other than Killdeer.

Paris Landing was loaded with birds, with the vast majority being Coot and 
Scaup. Nothing unusual in the area, and only a handful of gulls on the island. 

On another note, I was a little confusing about something in my 1st post about 
the White-faced Ibis in Lake Co. I mentioned that it was my 350th bird in TN, 
but the way I worded it sounded like it might be my 350th bird THIS year in TN. 
That is definitely not the case, 350 was a long time coming!

Good Birding!!

Mike Todd 
McKenzie, TN
birder1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
www.pbase.com/mctodd

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