[TN-Bird] Bell's Bend possibilities......

Hello,

As the crow flies, I am less than a mile from the shore of Bell's Bend which 
is across the Cumberland River from where I live in Charlotte Park.  While I 
was taking my dogs out and putting bird seed out of my deck prior to eating 
lunch around 11AM, I saw a flock of about 20 birds fly over in my direction 
from 
off the river, the doubled back over to Bell's Bend.  These birds had the 
crazy, erratic flight pattern that I remember from the flocks of various 
longspurs 
(chestnut collared, Smiths & McCown's) that I have seen waaaay back in my 
past, so I THINK these MAY have been longspurs.  Pipits, larks & even cedar 
waxwings can be a possibility, but a little voice inside me (and old recalled 
experiences) simply said, "Longspurs."  Since Laplands would be a lifer, I 
would 
like to go looking but just can't at the moment.  Maybe later.  Hopefully, 
they'll hang around.  I've had cedars several times this past week, but these 
birds 
just didn't seem to quite fit the behavior for them.  My "gut" keeps growling 
"longspur"!

If anyone wants to try, Bell's Bend is reached by following highway 12 which 
runs between the Bordeaux part of Nashville to Ashland City.  Normally, one 
would take I-40 West to Briley Parkway (White Bridge Road) & go north to Hwy 
12, 
however, I-40 West is under construction in that part of town with frequent 
shutdowns.  Just west of the Briley/Hwy 12 junction, you''ll come to the 
community of Scottsboro where you need to take Old Hickory Blvd. sort of south 
& 
east.  There are sod farms between Scottsboro and the river where these birds 
have been seen before, but I've never been so lucky although I have tried 
NUMEROUS times.  The "Lap" is one of my "elusives."

Cheers & prayers,

Dee Thompson
Nashville, TN  (Charlotte Park, near Cleece's Ferry & across from Bell's Bend)
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