Our kudos too! The two speakers, Brian “Fox” Ellis (aka John James Audubon) and
Julie Zickefoose were fantastic. We had seen both before and that’s why we
signed up for this festival.
Kathy and Dick Dennis
Louisville
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On Jan 21, 2018, at 1:06 PM, Barbara Brand <barbarabrand73@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBERS=============
I know this isn’t KY birding-but it’s oh so close! I wanted to give a shout
out for those who planned the Wings of Winter birding festival at Paris
Landing State Park on Kentucky Lake in TN. KOS was one of the partners and KY
was well represented. If you are a waterfowl or bald eagle aficionado, or
otherwise enjoy getting together with other birders and enjoying wandering
through wildlife refuges and sanctuaries that would normally be closed off to
the public, I would recommend planning to attend the WOW festival which is
already in the planning stages for next year. The tours, programs, speakers
and company were all excellent! And we got VERY lucky with the weather
compared to last week! Below is my eBird report for just half of Saturday’s
tour. Other, more experienced birders reported 70 species. But as a beginning
border, I was thrilled to get 10 life birds in one morning!
Hap Chambers and Mary Yandell we’re just two KY birders I know of who were
instrumental in planning and carrying out this festival, and I’m sure there
were others. Thank you!!
I hope some of you will be able to attend next year.
Barbara Brand
Barren County
Tennessee NWR--Duck River Unit--Duck River Bottoms
Jan 20, 2018
8:32 AM
Traveling
4.00 miles
185 Minutes
All birds reported? Yes
Comments: WOW bird Festival. 40 degrees and cloudy . Some of water still
covered in ice. Park ranger guided us through wildlife sanctuary. More
waterfowl than I could count. They covered the water and the sky. Other
species observed that I was not able to ID. Coyote , otter.
Submitted from eBird for iOS, version 1.6.4 Build 31
X Snow Goose
X Greater White-fronted Goose
1 Cackling Goose
X Canada Goose
9 Tundra Swan -- Black bill. Straight neck. Verified by park staff.
X Mallard
5 Northern Pintail
3 Ring-necked Duck
6 Bufflehead
1 Hooded Merganser
2 Ruddy Duck
1 Pied-billed Grebe
12 Double-crested Cormorant
27 American White Pelican
14 Great Blue Heron
1 Turkey Vulture
1 Northern Harrier
16 Bald Eagle -- In sanctuary escorted by park ranger. On ice, in trees,
flying over, juveniles and adults.
54 American Coot
2 Killdeer
1 Belted Kingfisher
2 Eastern Phoebe
2 American Crow
1 Eastern Bluebird
1 Hermit Thrush
2 American Robin
1 American Pipit
1 Yellow-rumped Warbler
1 Song Sparrow
9 Rusty Blackbird
Number of Taxa: 30
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