[TN-Bird] Concord Park loons and herons

From: Carole Gobert <cpgobert@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: Tennessee Bird List <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2011 22:27:54 -0400
Waited till the drizzle stopped and returned to the Cove at Concord Park in 
west Knox County, TN at 3:35 this afternoon.  The 3 Common Loons I saw here 
Monday were not on the water when I arrived but when I looked at approx. 4:20 
one was on the water and five more quickly joined it, flying in from the east.  
I watched for 10 minutes as they swam and dived their way west, finally 
disappearing from view behind the vegetation. All six were resplendent in their 
breeding plumage.  Good numbers of Bonaparte's Gulls are still present, many 
with hoods.
 
On Monday I commented that the small heronry across Northshore was inactive.  
Not so today.  Great Blue Herons were seen flying into it with nesting material 
and at one point I counted 11 Great Blue Herons standing in the trees, a couple 
of them standling on nests.  Guess they're just getting a late start this year, 
maybe because of the cold winter??
 

Number of species:     25

Canada Goose     2
Mallard     2
Common Loon     6
Great Blue Heron     12
Osprey     2
Bonaparte's Gull     68
Ring-billed Gull     1
Mourning Dove     1
Blue Jay     3
American Crow     3
Tree Swallow     X
Barn Swallow     1
Tufted Titmouse     2
White-breasted Nuthatch     1
Brown-headed Nuthatch     1
Carolina Wren     1
Eastern Bluebird     2
American Robin     2
Northern Mockingbird     1
Pine Warbler     2
Eastern Towhee     1
Chipping Sparrow     2
Northern Cardinal     2
Common Grackle     2
American Goldfinch     20

This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)
 
Carole Gobert, Knoxville, TN                                      
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