[TN-Bird] Glossy Ibis - Dyer Co. TN

May 28, 2003
Dyer Co. TN
I just got a call from Rebecca and Steve Satterfield. They were birding the 
Great River Road (highway 181) in Dyer Co. and found a dark ibis. After getting 
closer and with better scope views, they decided it had the blue lines and 
facial pattern of a Glossy. It was found on the east side of the road at mile 
marker #6. This is almost the exact area where we had White-faced a few years 
back during another high water year. It is south of 104 and north of the Obion 
River bridge. This is one of the birds I kept telling everyone to look for this 
past weekend. 

As a side note there have been two Black Ducks reported this week up in that 
area. These ducks should be looked at closely as they might just as well be 
Mottled Ducks if not given a second look. These ducks are now found with some 
regularity at a few locations in Arkansas. Steve McConnell and I located one of 
first accepted wild groups over there in 1995. Some have been seen as far 
north as Bald Knob NWR. Mottled Ducks have interior brown markings on the 
contour 
feathers where Blacks do not. With good looks the black spot on the bill at 
the base of the lower mandible is a good field mark. There are other subtle 
markings that can be seen in the field, such as bill color, tone of head and 
neck 
plus narrow white bars at the speculum. It has been reported shot by hunters 
in the state but I've never been able to find a hunter or the birds. It would 
be a good bird for someone to find and document for the state list.

On another note from the weekend, Roly Lloyd reprimanded me for not 
mentioning the 100 Mississippi Kites we had in view at one time just north of 
Black 
Bayou in Lake Co. on Saturday. It was a great sight to behold for the 5 of us 
as 
they fed all around, swooping up insects with great finesse. I meant to 
comment on them but just forgot.

The flood waters are slowly receding and the habitat should hold some good 
birds over the next few days or week................

Good Birding!!!

Jeff R. Wilson
OL' COOT / TLBA
Bartlett Tenn.


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