[TN-Bird] Fwd: [GABO-L] Out of area: TN Snowy Owl and Pacific Loon

Forwarded by request
Jason


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From: Stephen Barlow <stephen.barlow@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: GABO-L@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Fri, 23 Jan 2009 6:54 pm
Subject: [GABO-L] Out of area: TN Snowy Owl and Pacific Loon



I saw both of these birds today.

I got to the Spring Hill area around 7 am Central Standard Time and was unable 
to locate the bird in any of the spots it had previously been reported (see 
posts on the TN list, easily accessible without subscribing at 
http://www.freelists.org/archive/tn-bird/01-2009). After a while ended up I ran 
into fellow GA birders Josh, Teresa and Seth Spence, and then 3 TN birders, at 
the Saturn gate on the NW side of 31 opposite the Rippavilla mansion (this is 
the first gate on the right as you head S on 31 from Saturn parkway, is a good 
safe place to get parked well off the very busy road, and gives as a good a 
view 
as anywhere over the large stubble field that the owl seems to have been seen 
in 
most recently, parts of which are, however, still out of sight). Around 8:20 
Josh spotted the SNOWY OWL flying from over the ridge to the W. It settled 
relatively close and allowed for great prolonged scope views. From posts of TN 
list looks like it was there for a good while.

On the way back had a few other good birds. At the S/E-bound rest area off I24 
on an island in Nickajack Lake (a little W of Chattanooga) there were 3 GREATER 
SCAUP close in (2 ad m and a prob imm male), with Lessers close by for 
comparison. Quite a few Bonaparte's Gulls too.

At Booker T Washington State Park on L Chickamauga had the PACIFIC LOON. I 
picked it up from the scope way off to the SW from the boat ramp and walked 
some 
way along the beach to the SW for a better less heat-hazy (albeit still very 
distant) view. Also present: lots of Common Loons and Horned Grebes, a few pine 
Siskins, ca. 30 Common Goldeneyes (also had 3 of these from the Chickamauga 
Dam).

I'd appreciate it if someone subscribed to the TN list forwarded this post 
there.

Cheers
Steve

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Stephen Barlow
Atlanta, GA

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