[TN-Bird] Re: Immature Brown Pelican at Duck River NWR

Upon reading this post and talking to Clayton Ferrell, my daughter Gwen and I 
headed west to Duck River Unit after work and hiked out the muddy road along 
Grassy Pond in light intermittent rain.  We were rewarded at the end of the 
road with nice views of the Brown Pelican in a dead cypress tree and later 
flying over the pond.  Gwen picked up a couple of other life birds (spotted 
sandpiper, dickcissel) along the way.  Managed to digiscope a couple of photos: 
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dkirschke/
Thanks to Jeff for the post!

Location:     Tennessee NWR - Duck River Unit
Observation date:     7/28/09
Notes: 
   Brown pelican reported by park staff.  Gwen and I hiked out a mile
or so along Grassy Pond in light intermittent rain.
Number of species:     22

Canada Goose     20
Wood Duck     3
Mallard     5
Brown Pelican     1
Double-crested Cormorant     50
Great Blue Heron     10
Great Egret     20
Green Heron     4
Osprey     4
Bald Eagle     1
Red-tailed Hawk     1
Killdeer     10
Spotted Sandpiper     3
Eastern Kingbird     2
Brown Thrasher     1
Common Yellowthroat     3
Northern Cardinal     5
Blue Grosbeak     1
Indigo Bunting     5
Dickcissel     3
Red-winged Blackbird     10
Eastern Meadowlark     1

David and Gwen Kirschke
Nashville, TN

--- On Tue, 7/28/09, OLCOOT1@xxxxxxx <OLCOOT1@xxxxxxx> wrote:

From: OLCOOT1@xxxxxxx <OLCOOT1@xxxxxxx>
Subject: [TN-Bird] Immature Brown Pelican at Duck River NWR
To: tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: Clayton_Ferrell@xxxxxxx
Date: Tuesday, July 28, 2009, 9:05 AM

I wrote a long report on Island 13 and the fall out of shorebirds at Ensley 
 on Sunday but evidently it was lost in the Internet hole. Anyway, 9 
species  of shorebirds were seen on Island 13 Saturday, where the Least Terns 
were 
doing  battle and loosing big time to the 4 wheelers. Mom and 6 
Black-bellied  ducklings seem to have weather the storm and 13 Wind Bird 
species were 
seen  after a weather fallout at Ensley Sunday, with one Upland. Nine 
Forster's, one  Common and 2 Black Terns were seen on Dacus Bar Sunday 
afternoon.
Now for the real news.............
 
Clayton Ferrell with the Duck River NWR Unit near New Johnsonville, TN  
reports an immature Brown Pelican at the following pools or out over the TN  
River where photos were taken..
 
 "It was originally observed at the lower (western) end of Pool 10 aka  
Grassy Lake.  It was last seen sitting out on Kentucky Lake about a quarter  
mile out from the outer levee out from Pool 10.  One would either have to  
take a boat or walk a mile down the levee to get to near where it was 
observed."   
Good Birding  !!!

Jeff R. Wilson / TLBA
6300 Memphis-Arlington Road
Bartlett, TN  38135
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