[TN-Bird] Concord Park and Knox County Long-Tailed Duck

Saturday, Feb. 21, I went to picnic area 8 again arriving a little after 9 a.m. 
  Picnic Area 8 is near the top of the one-way road just to the west of the 
entrance to the Concord Marina on Northshore Drive in west Knox County.  I was 
hoping for another look at the Long-Tailed Duck that I had seen there Tuesday.  
I found instead a birder from Chattanooga (Dick Schier) who was hoping to 
photograph her.  He had been there a while and hadn't seen her though many 
coots had streamed by on their way to the marina.  We stayed a few minutes and 
then drove to the marina by continuing along the one-way road and finally 
located her in with about 40 coots across from the first dock (#1, I think). 
They were near the far bank swimming to the right.  Although I walked to the 
next dock they didn't emerge.  We eventually re-located them in about the same 
spot we had first seen them but heading in the opposite direction... toward 
picnic area 8.  We left and headed out west on Northshore.  If you pass the 
one-way road that leads to area 8 and take the next right you'll go down a 
half-loop to Picnic area 12  (area 8 overlooks 12 so you're seeing basically 
the same view from a different perspective.)  Amazingly, the Long-Tailed Duck 
was there with the coots very close in.  When we arrived they left, swimming 
toward the marina.  Dick continued following her around and I went to the Cove. 
 He later emailed me that he found her another couple of times.  Apparently she 
was moving back and forth between the marina and that area.   My admittedly 
limited experience has been that, especially for anyone who doesn't have a 
scope, the best chance of getting a good look at this duck is to go to area 8 
(or 12) and be patient.  Chances are she'll turn up and you'll get a better 
look than you would at the marina.   

 

 At the Cove which is a mile or so west of the marina I found 15 Horned Grebes. 
 Two of them were in the water just adjacent to the parking lot.  Fishing was 
good.  I watched one of them swallow a small fish and later watched another do 
the same.  The male Red-Breasted Merganser was still there though not nearly as 
cooperative as last Saturday.  This time I only had brief glimpses of him as he 
came up for air and then immediately dove again.

 

Carole Gobert, Knoxville, Knox County, TN


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