[TN-Bird] Anhinga - Laughing Gull - Lake Co. TN

June 14-15, 2008
Mud Lake / Phillippy Pits
Lake Co, TN
 
I flushed and photographed an ANHINGA just west of Mud Lake on Saturday and  
photographed a first summer LAUGHING GULL at the Phillippy Pits in Lake Co, on 
 Sunday. Four White Pelicans were also seen circling over the Phillippy area 
on  Sunday and 2 adult Ring-billed Gulls were photographed resting at 103 
Highway  and the Great River Road. 
 
On Saturday, I found a Fulvous Whistling Duck across the river in Missouri  
just off I-155 at exit 4. I photographed it hanging with some Mallards and a  
male Blue-winged Teal. I also had 17 Black-necked Stilt youngsters.
 
I searched Reelfoot Lake from one end to the other and saw NO terns or  gulls 
(not even a Least Tern) and only 2 male Ruddy Ducks and a single Pelican  
were out from Keystone. Least Terns are numerous in all the flooded areas  with 
nesting in progress at some locations. The river is on another rise and the  
terns can't wait for the sandbars. They don't usually have a lot of success  
nesting in the fields due to predators and the wet areas drying before they can 
 
fledge the young.
 
 
Good Birding  !!!
Jeff R. Wilson / TLBA
6300 Memphis-Arlington Road
Bartlett, TN  38135
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