[TN-Bird] Heronry on Woods Reservoir, Franklin County

On Friday, my wife and I drove to Woods Reservoir to see if the heronry at=
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Little Elder Island was still active. Cattle Egrets, Black-crowned=20
Night-Herons, and Green Herons were all using the island. There were also=20
several Great Blue Herons in the area, although they did not appear to be=20
breeding on the island. In addition, there were numerous Cliff Swallows=20
around, as well as a few Northern Rough-winged Swallows, and a couple=20
Purple Martins.

Little Elder Island is located at at about 35=BA 19' N x 86=BA 4' W. On=20
DeLorme's Tennessee Atlas & Gazetteer it is located exactly on the crease=20
between pages 22 and 23. We viewed the heronry from Northshore Road (on the=
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north side of the lake) but a scope was required.


Chris Butler
Sewanee, TN

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