[TN-Bird] Blount County Great egrets
- From: Birdglass44@xxxxxxx
- To: tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2011 17:01:05 -0500 (EST)
This afternoon there were two Great egrets visible from the Miser Station
bridge off Louisville Road in Blount County. One bird had orange wing tags
on both wings. I was too far away to see if there was any other markings
on the tags. A single Black-crowned night heron was visible near
Louisville Marina.
I also briefly visited the heron rookeries I check for the wading bird
survey and observed birds on and around nests at all six locations. At Phelps
pond a number of birds appeared to be displaying by either arching the
head upward and backwards, or by extending the head and neck straight down
while standing on the edge of the nest. I haven't visited any nesting sites
this early and am not familiar with GBHeron territorial or breeding display.
There were hundreds of Ring-billed gulls on the ice or in the water from
Miser Station Bridge, Louisville Point Park, and Scenic Point. I didn't see
any waterfowl other than Canada geese, Mallards and Coots.
Warren Bielenberg
Maryville
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