[TN-Bird] Duck River Unit, TN NWR

From: Oeserscave@xxxxxxx
To: tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2004 20:39:54 EST
Late Sunday, January 25, I finally made it to the Duck River Unit of the 
Tennessee NWRefuge.  From the east side of New Johnsonville on US70, we 
followed 
the Refuge signs to the entrance.  Immediately in the flooded field on the 
right we saw several Pintails, and just past this on the left, visible on a 
closed 
field, we saw about a dozen Greater White-Fronted Geese in company of many 
Canada Geese.  We followed the main road, spotting Northern Shovelers, American 
Wigeons, and other ducks, stopping and using my telescope for better views 
with the 43X magnification.  A passing truck told us that there were some large 
white birds at the end of the road with black wingtips, possibly cranes, so we 
hurried down.  We first searched with binoculars, then barely saw the white 
birds.  We set up the telescope and noted that there were about 30 White 
Pelicans at the far end of the field on the right just before the turnaround.  
The 
noise from the many thousands of Mallards in the field was quite impressive.  
A lack of daylight kept me from searching for Redheads or Canvasbacks that I 
had hoped for also, so I'll have to return another day.
Ken Oeser
Hendersonville, TN
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