[TN-Bird] Inca Dove in Lake County, TN!

From: Mark Greene <greenesnake@xxxxxxxxx>
To: tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2010 14:28:09 -0700 (PDT)
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
Cates, Lake County
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This afternoon at approximately 1:30 pm I had an Inca Dove at the NW corner of 
the community of Cates in Lake County. I had just finished scoping shorebirds 
from the levee at Jollyâ??s Landing and was traveling south on the levee road. 
Just as I was about to turn off of the levee onto a paved road at the Cates 
community an Inca Dove flushed from the road and flew across in front of me and 
landed on a bulldozer brush pile with some Mourning Doves. I finally located it 
sitting low on the backside of a brush pile and was able to view the bird for a 
couple of minutes through the scope before it went down lower and I lost it 
behind some tall weeds. I did not see it flush again (nor did any of the 
Mourning Doves it was with) during the time I was there. I waited approximately 
20 minutes and never saw the bird again. When the bird flushed in front of me I 
noticed it was a small dove with chestnut wings and my first thought was Common 
Ground-Dove but then I noticed the longer tail and I stopped and was able to 
view it through my binoculars as it flew approximately 75 yards and landed. 
Through the binoculars I could see the white outer tail feathers as it flew. It 
was noticeably smaller than the Mourning Doves perched with but did not appear 
as tiny aa aÂ Common Ground-Dove. Whether or not this is the same individual 
seen 
last week further north in Western Kentucky I do not know but that would be a 
strong possibility as that really isnâ??t that far for a bird to fly. Who knows?
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If you were on the levee heading west on the north side of the community of 
Cates, the levee curves back to the north, on your left there are some mobile 
homes (these would be on the NW corner of the community). On right side of the 
levee (if youâ??re heading west>north you will see several bulldozer brush 
piles 
surrounded by tall grass and vegetation. The bird was last seen sitting on a 
brush pile with Mourning Doves.
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Shorebirds at Jollyâ??s Landing were pretty much the same at what Michael Todd 
had 
here on Monday. Stilt Sandpipers, Short-billed Dowitchers, and Semi-palmated 
Plovers were all still present.
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Good birding,
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Mark Greene
Trenton, TN
Gibson County

      
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