[TN-Bird] Concord Park Red-Breasted Merganser, Knoxville

This afternoon at the Cove at Concord Park in west Knox County I found a male 
Red-Breasted Merganser in the vicinity of the sandbars where the gulls like to 
sit.  He was moving around but got pretty close for a while... just past the 
near sandbar.

 

Also had quite a few Horned Grebes scattered around.  I counted 11.  Saw my FOS 
Common Grackles there; I heard one at the house earlier in the day.  I guess 
they're moving back.

 

The Pine Warblers were singing and I managed to get a decent look at one.

 

Lots of birds feeding on the lawn and bathing in the puddles.... mostly Robins 
but a few Red-Winged Blackbirds and Starlings.

 

14 Great Blue Herons were standing on or near nests in the small heronry across 
Northshore from the Cove.

 

Carole Gobert, Knoxville, Knox County, TN

 

 

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