[TN-Bird] Ensley - BB Whistling Duck Mystery?
- From: OLCOOT1@xxxxxxx
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- Date: Sat, 4 Oct 2008 22:33:20 EDT
Oct. 4, 2008
Ensley Bottoms
Shelby Co. TN
This morning there was nothing on TVA Lake but this afternoon it held a
mystery. Sixteen Black-bellied Whistling Ducks were a one afternoon treat this
spring, then 2 adults showed up a month later for a visit and then showed up
again a month after that and the next month we found about 10 young
hatchlings.
We watched these ducklings dwindle to 7, then 6 and finally 5. These five
went on to reach flying stage and the family used McKellar lake and TVA Lake
for a while until they were joined by another adult. This group of 8 was seen
for a few days and finally just a single adult was seen last Sunday.
This afternoon, I drove up and immediately saw an adult and a few young, at
first I counted 4 young but then found 6 more pile up sleeping and then
another 2 walked out from behind the geese...............An ADULT with TWELVE
FLEDGED YOUNG??
Evidently another nesting somewhere but where did they come from, were they
hatched around Ensley? Where have they been hiding for the last 2 months? If
not hatched here, how did they happen to pick TVA Lake to show up and stand in
the exact same spot the other Whistlings had been using?
Beats me, They flew out of TVA and back to McKellar Lake at 7
PM..............Photos later.
Good Birding !!!
Jeff R. Wilson / TLBA
6300 Memphis-Arlington Road
Bartlett, TN 38135
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