[TN-Bird] Hamilton County Spoonbill update

As of 8:05 pm the Roseate Spoonbill was still at Thomas farm on Hwy 27 near 
Soddy Daisy, Tn.  I would like to make an ammendment to Kevins earlier post 
pertaining to directions.  If you are traveling north on Hwy 27 ( 4 lane 
divided 
hwy.) then Thomas farm is on the left.  After you reach Thrasher Pike and make 
a turn around going back toward Chattanooga then the farm will now be on your 
right!
Earlier in the morning the spoonbill was in plain view.  Sometime after lunch 
I returned to the site but the bird had moved much closer to the road.  It 
was in another puddle of water up next to the right of way fence at the 
beginning of a tree line on the right.

We returned at 6:45 pm between 6:45 and 6:50 the bird flew up toward the 
lake.  Just before 8 it flew back to the origional area passing overhead twice 
before flying to another small but larger puddle of water to our right but 
still 
left of the lake.  Only "occasionally" could we see the bird and a scope 
became a necessity.

If you come on Sunday morning I would suggest to start looking in the 
vicinity of the lake and slowly moving on down the road.  After you pass the 
lake 
there is a narrow body of water than transects the property which  is also a 
good 
place to look.  The spoonbill was last seen in a "depression" just left of 
the narrow body of water.  If you still haven't seen the bird the next marshy 
area you come to is the origional site.  If you pass the area where the power 
lines cross the road (big metal towers) you have probably gone to far.

Jimmy & Cynthia Wilkerson
Hixson, Tn.


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