[TN-Bird] 3 Blue-winged Teal at Lake Tansi, Cumberland Co. Jan. 14, 2001

From: "LeGrand family" <elegrand@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2011 16:03:31 -0600
I finally got out on the still snow-covered roads to check on Lake Tansi
(south of Crossville in Cumberland Co.) and see if any northern waterfowl
had come in. Conditions were ideal, with 99+% of the lake frozen and likely
the only open water on the plateau being there. So I was surprised to find a
male and two female Blue-winged Teal instead of a vagrant from the Great
Lakes! Overall the variety and numbers of waterbirds was down a bit from the
Crossville Christmas Bird Count, but not by much. Here's the ebird report
(most numbers are estimates, some quite crude since the birds were packed
close together and some groups were rather distant). With the birds packed
together in the water, there was a whole lot of courting going on.

Location:     Lake Tansi
Observation date:     1/14/11; 2-3 PM
Notes:     Lake Tansi beach. Clear, 30 degrees F, calm. Only 5 small open
areas, each with 100-300 birds in the water or standing on the ice. One
group of 75 coots was on lawns away from open water.
Number of species:     19

Canada Goose     150
Mute Swan     1     Same bird (adult) seen all fall. This is the first time
I've seen it fly. It landed on the ice near an open area in the middle of
the lake.
Wood Duck     6
American Black Duck     40
Mallard     200
Blue-winged Teal     3     Male and two females on the ice among Mallards.
Well seen. Females had pale area on face near bill--I noted the blue wing
patch on one as it stretched its wings.
Canvasback     20
Redhead     5     Two males, 3 females.
Ring-necked Duck     300     Estimated (hard to tell numbers when birds
packed together)
Bufflehead     40
Hooded Merganser     250
Ruddy Duck     15
Pied-billed Grebe     60
American Coot     250
Red-headed Woodpecker     3
Carolina Chickadee     1
White-breasted Nuthatch     1
Eastern Bluebird     4
Song Sparrow     1

This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)

Ed LeGrand
Crossville, Cumberland Co., TN


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[TN-Bird] 3 Blue-winged Teal at Lake Tansi, Cumberland Co. Jan. 14, 2001

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