[birdky] Reelfoot Lake

I just got back from a trip to Reelfoot Lake. It was for kayaking, not birding, 
and the weather was mostly awful: windy, cold and rainy except for a few hours 
Saturday morning, but here are the highlights of what I saw over the course of 
three days.

1 Bald Eagle...on a nest, far away
1 Golden Eagle... from my kayak and pretty close...woooeee!
4 Osprey...3 out fishing, one on a nest
Coots...too many to count
Mallards, scattered
a few Canada geese, scattered
1 Scaup...all alone
20 or so Blue Winged Teal in a flock
30 or more Great Egrets
20 or more Great Blue Herons
1 Kingfisher
Red Winged Blackbirds
Grackles
1 Hairy woodpecker
4 Downey Woodpecker
1 YB Sapsucker
1 Red Headed Woodpecker
1 Red Bellied Woodpecker
1 Pileated Woodpecker
Turkey Vultures
Robins
White Throated Sparrows 
Juncos
Carolina Wrens

Lots of ice storm damage all the way down to Western TN and in the Reelfoot 
Swamp. 

Bonnie Jacobs
Lexington, KY

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