[birdky] Spectacular Loon Movement!!

Nov. 17, 2002

After getting home last evening from Pace Point on Kentucky Lake in 
Tennessee, I learned of Dave Roemer's experience with loons in Kentucky on 
Saturday that paralleled mine. I decided to see what happened in other areas. 
I would be interested if anyone was at Guntersville Lake in Alabama or any of 
the other areas in north Alabama over the weekend and what the numbers looked 
like there.

Here are the numbers from Indiana and Kentucky taken from the net; as there 
was little mention of any such numbers in Illinois or Ohio, it must have been 
a narrow concentrated band of migrating loons that moved over the weekend on 
the cold front.

Nov. 16, 2002 at Eagle Creek, Indiana - 545 Loons
            Larry Peavler was at Eagle Creek early Sunday morning and counted 
840 loons migrating out and only 10 were reported there later in the day.

Nov. 16, 2002 at Prairie Creek, Indiana - 642 Loons

Nov. 16, 2002 at Lake Lemon, Indiana - 598 Loons and 2 Red-throated with only 
52 loons reported the next day

Nov. 16, 2002 at Barren Reservoir, Kentucky 800+ with 748 in one sweep of the 
scope by Dave Roemer.

Nov. 16, Pace Point on Kentucky Lake in Tennessee - I counted 719 loons in 
one sweep with 3 Pacific Loons. This number was down the next day to a more 
normal for the season 300+ loons.

Total loons counted at these 5 locations a hefty 3604 loons, all in a thin 
band through the area. Any other comments or additions to this Spectacular 
Loon Movement!


Good Birding!!!

Jeff R. Wilson
OL' COOT / TLBA
Bartlett Tenn.


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