[EMAS] Re: WNC Lake Junaluska: Snowy & Great Egrets, BW Teal invasion - 10/4/14
- From: Steve Ritt <stevenmritt@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: Carolina Birds <carolinabirds@xxxxxxxx>, EMAS <emas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 4 Oct 2014 23:36:09 -0400
Correction: Simon Harvey and Wayne Forsythe had 1 Snowy Egret on Hooper Lane in
July of 2013.
Steve Ritt
Asheville, NC
Sent from my iPhone
> On Oct 4, 2014, at 9:29 PM, Steve Ritt <stevenmritt@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> The monthly Beaver Lake Bird Walk had a good turn-out, but started off slow
> this morning until we noticed a raft of 120 Blue-winged Teal and 7
> Pied-billed Grebes on the lake. Our chilly efforts were eventually rewarded
> however by a nice northbound 4th-cycle Bald Eagle flying over our heads.
>
> After hearing that Simon Thompson had 250 Blue-winged Teal and one Northern
> Shoveler at Lake Julian, and Wayne Forsythe had a large number of BWTE at the
> Mills River WTP, I decided to check out Lake Junaluska. Wayne also had a
> Spotted Sandpiper at the MR WTP.
>
> Sure enough, L. Junaluska had:
> Blue-winged Teal - 900
> Pied-billed Grebe - 140
> American Coot - 11
> Double-crested Cormorant - same old one continues
> ...and then I noticed a few white blobs in a sycamore tree that turned out to
> be:
> Snowy Egret - 1
> Great Egret - 6
>
> The egrets all lifted up after sunset and headed south. Cool sight to see. I
> don't think we've had a Snowy up here in the mountains since 2012.
>
> Steve Ritt
> Asheville, NC
>
> Sent from my iPhone
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