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Due to work, not posted anything recently so thought I would give a little 
update from Cove Lake State Park , Campbell County, (N. of Knoxville)
On Monday, I saw my first BALD EAGLE (adult) for the winter season.
Yesterday, there was ab adult  pair in a Sycamore Tree near the main highway.
Duck numbers had been scarce so far this year. Yesterday there were good 
numbers of several species, probably why the Eagles were around.
62 Hooded Merganser      3 Bufflehead     3 American Wigeon
16 Mallards     77 Gadwall -  2 Black Ducks      as well as  53 American Coot.  
This is the highest number of Coot I have seen there since before 2004 when 
they drained the lake to kill the milfoil algae/fungus?.  Was happy that maybe 
it would be a good winter for waterfowl, but learned last night they started 
draining the lake again to kill the algae this winter.  
(Though Coot are not that significant, they are food for the Eagles, so the 
less Coot- the less I saw the Eagles the past couple years in winter.) Only the 
deeper water will remain mid lake, so dabbling "fowl" will be scarce.
Also present were 9 Red- Breasted Nuthatches in a single Pine with abundance of 
cones.  Several have been around since early fall, but this was cool to see 
this many in one tree.. 
Ring-Billed Gulls put in an appearance for the first time this Winter season.  
27
Canadian Geese are abundant right now. Have NOT had any Snow Geese yet this 
season.
Data, as usual, to be entered in Ebird.
Nell Moore  Caryville, TN
 
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