[TN-Bird] Kingston Steam Plant Sunday Nov. 26

Birded Kingston Steam Plant in Roane County Nov. 26 from 2 to 5 p.m.  There 
are still scads of HOODED MERGANSERS there - in the river and on both the 
lower main ponds on the left as you walk in.  At least 70 but the main group 
flew to the river as I tried to count them.

5 Buffleheads on the small pond by the soccer field.

Also on the first low pond on the left were a few MALLARDS, GADWALLS, COOTS 
(30-40), a male REDHEAD and only 2 CANADA GEESE.   In with the Mallards was 
a strikingly handsome hybrid (?).  The same size and shape as a Mallard but 
coal black everywhere except for a white throat, two small white wing bars 
and possibly a small white spot at the base of its bill.

Took a detour through Oak Ridge on the way home as I-40 was backed up just 
east of the Route 58 exit.  It was almost dark but in a pond on the east 
side of 58 I saw Ring-Necked Ducks -- about 40-50 of them.

Carole Gobert, Knoxville, TN

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