11/13/07 KY Lake areas of Henry & Benton Co Pace Point area, Britton Ford, Eagle Creek area, Paris Landing, Port Rd area; Henry Co Lick Creek area Benton Co This is a belated report from birding the above areas on Tuesday, the 13th. Definitely a slower day than I had hoped for, but still some nice birds. All birds mentioned were in Henry Co. Highlights were a Pacific Loon early from Rocky Point (not seen again during day) Franklin's Gull at Little Eagle Creek (feeds into Eagle Creek) Lesser Black-backed Gull; 1st-cycle on island out from Paris Landing Loons were scattered around everywhere, with easily 350-400 in the area still. I spent the afternoon at Port and Trailer Roads, but most birds were over nearer Rocky Point with many motoring over to the TN River side. The diver flock at Pace Point still has a lot of birds, but nothing interesting except a few Greater Scaup and Redheads mixed among the horde of Ruddies and Lesser Scaup. Pace Point was totally devoid of gulls when I got there, in contrast to the smorgasbord Jeff had just a couple of days previously. I stayed an hour and a half and a total of 10 were sitting on the island. I came back again later and only 4 were around, so I had no luck with Jeff's Thayer's or California this time around. The Franklin's at Little Eagle Creek was very cooperative, allowing some decent shots to be taken. The island at Paris Landing had a couple of hundred gulls on it, but nothing but a 1st-cycle Lesser Black-backed among the regulars. Britton Ford was also slow, with no sign of the Long-tailed Duck. I could see a few birds of the goose flock there, but most were out of view. Maybe the weekend will be a bit more productive. If anyone is interested seeing some fairly close shots of the 1st-cycle Franklin's Gull, I've put a couple of shots in my winter '07 gallery at: http://www.pbase.com/mctodd/winter_20072008 Good Birding!! Mike Todd McKenzie, TN birder1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx www.pbase.com/mctodd =================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBER===================== The TN-Bird Net requires you to SIGN YOUR MESSAGE with first and last name, CITY (TOWN) and state abbreviation. You are also required to list the COUNTY in which the birds you report were seen. The actual DATE OF OBSERVATION should appear in the first paragraph. _____________________________________________________________ To post to this mailing list, simply send email to: tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx _____________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, send email to: tn-bird-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field. ______________________________________________________________ TN-Bird Net is owned by the Tennessee Ornithological Society Neither the society(TOS) nor its moderator(s) endorse the views or opinions expressed by the members of this discussion group. Moderator: Wallace Coffey, Bristol, TN wallace@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ------------------------------ Assistant Moderator Andy Jones Cleveland, OH ------------------------------- Assistant Moderator Dave Worley Rosedale, VA __________________________________________________________ Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society web site at http://www.tnbirds.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ARCHIVES TN-Bird Net Archives at //www.freelists.org/archives/tn-bird/ EXCELLENT MAP RESOURCES Topographical Maps located at http://topozone.com/find.asp Tenn.Counties Map at http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/states/tennessee3.gif Aerial photos to complement google maps http://local.live.com _____________________________________________________________