[TN-Bird] [Fwd: reelfoot gulls etc]

> 
> From: <terrywitt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: 2005/02/23 Wed PM 10:05:41 EST
> To: <tn-birds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: reelfoot gulls etc
> 
> I just couldn't stand it!!!  After having missed the Iceland Gull twice in 
> Chattanooga several years ago, I made my second trip to Reelfoot Lake this 
> year.  The weather was marginal to awful but the birds were brilliant - bad 
> weather = good birds.   At 7 AM I was scoping the 1000 gulls roosting on Van 
> Works Road.  After less than 30 minutes, I had both one Thayer's and one 
> Iceland Gull in the bag, and at one time had both, plus first year Herring in 
> the same scope view!!  At about 8:30, David Pitts pulled up in a UT Martin 
> van, unfortunately about half the gulls had left not more than 5 minutes 
> before, and that group included both the rare ones :-(.   Western Meadowlarks 
> were singing in the field north of VW Road and with patience, I had great 
> scope views of a bird singing from the top of a broken cornstalk.  I made a 
> run north to the Philipy area, the only sighting of note was 5 immature 
> eagles eating from a carcass (deer?) on the west side of Hwy78 south of the 
> state line.  Unfortunately all were bald-headed.     There were numerous 
> gulls west of the prison, but not accesssible without committing a felony, so 
> I decided to head south to try for the Cackling Geese that had been reported 
> at the Hurd Road loop.  On the way south, a squadron of A White Pelicans (50) 
> flew ov
 er the road.  At Hurd Road, there was a large flock of Snow and Blue Geese 
(?2000) and even from a distance I could see 4 Canada types.  Closer inspection 
revealed 4 Richardon's Geese.  I went back north to both Van Works Road and 
Proctor Roads - nothing at VW but on Proctor, the Iceland Gull and Thayer's 
were both present.  No sign of the California or LBB Gulls seen.  By 2 PM the 
rains had set in, and I headed home with a smily face.  I never saw David Pitts 
again so have no idea how he and his students fared
> 
> Cheers
> 
> Terry Witt
> Murfreesboro Tn
> 
> 


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