[TN-Bird] Blount Co. birds 1/11/09

  • From: "Ron and Dollyann" <aves7000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: "TN-Bird" <TN-Bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sun, 11 Jan 2009 21:07:10 -0500

Tn-birders,
Just wanted to list a couple of nice birds we found today birding through 
Blount Co., Tn.

1 - Snow Goose (2) - on highway 411, south of Maryville, we found 2 Snow Geese 
in a corn stubble field (right next to the highway)along with about 200 Canada 
Geese. The location was about 1/2 mile past where state route 336 comes in from 
the left (as you are heading south away from Maryville). There is a company 
called Ultra Marine Products on the left (I think the address was 5714) and the 
corn field is only a short bit past that on the same side of the road.

2 - Loggerhead Shrike - same road, highway 411, south of Maryville at address 
4634 on the east side of the road, there is a small business called Out West 
Tack and feed. Right next to the road there is a wooden crossbar where we saw 
the shrike.

3 - Kyker Bottoms in Blount Co. - The recent rains have deposited a fair amount 
of water in the refuge and today we saw:
Pintail Duck - about 20
Gadwall - 10
American Black Duck - 3
Green-winged Teal - 4
Mallard
American Widgeon - 4
Northern Shoveler - 5
Bufflehead - 3
Ring-necked Duck - 8+

Across the road from the parking lot where the wooden hide is (near the refuge 
manager's house), there is a small local pond. On this pond we had Hooded 
Merganser and 5 Lesser Scaup.

Great birding.

Ron Hoff
Clinton, TN

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