[TN-Bird] Bedford Lake & Winter Wren Q

A quick stop at Bedford Lake yielded the following:
Great Blue Heron  2
Bufflehead   ~50-75
American Black Duck  2
Ring-necked Duck  ~100
Ruddy Duck  3
Gadwall  25
Canada Geese   125-150
Mallard   20
Hooded Merganser  ~30
Green-winged Teal  3
Killdeer  3
Barred Owl   1
Belted Kingfisher   2
No Flicker  1
Red-bellied Woodpecker  2
Pileated Woodpecker 1
Tufted Titmouse  2
White-breasted Nuthatch  2
Carolina Wren  2
Winter Wren* see below
Eastern Bluebird  ~4
American Robin  ~3
Hermit Thrush  ~2
No Mockingbird  1
Un-identified SParrow  (silhouette)
Eastern Meadowlark   10+
No Cardinal  1


Note: 
* The Hermit Thrush and Barred Owl made appearances as we were leaving...nice 
treat
* No Phoebe- usually have one...
* No Wigeons or No Shovelers!! (unusual)

Winter Wren:
I have a question for anyone out there...am I just dreaming of being in the 
mountains or could I possibly have heard a winter wren doing its song today...I 
am very familiar with the song ...
The direction of the bird's song was across the lake on the hill where the sun 
was beaming its last rays before setting...pretty bright...I have heard this 
wren so often in the mountains at Mt Rogers, etc...had one at my feeder early 
winter feeding on insects around a concrete block...
I know sometimes during a "thaw" I hear spring like songs of other birds...
this bird stopped me in my tracks as I was walking onto the dock asI heard it. 
I have seen winter wrens as we canoe the Duck in Winter...but have never heard 
one sing during this time of the year...Thanks for any imput.

Melissa (& Roy) Turrentine
Normandy TN
Bedford Lake
Bedford Co



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