[TN-Bird] Lesser Yellowlegs, Shovelers galore
- From: tnbarredowl@xxxxxxx
- To: tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, bleufer@xxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 08 Dec 2005 08:59:16 -0500
Savannah Waste Treatment Ponds
Hardin County
Yesterday, I made a quick stop at the sewage lagoons in Savannah (Off East End
Road, just past the Coop). Seen at the ponds were 20 Ring-billed Gulls, 50
Bonaparte's Gulls, 200 Northern Shoveler, 25 Lesser Scaup, 25 Ring-necked Duck
and 3 Goldeneye. Feeding along the rip rap edge of the back pond was a Lesser
Yellowlegs, my first winter record for this species in Hardin County. Most of
the shovelers were feeding in a very tight mass, less than 20 ft. diameter
circle. As I drove up, they began to spread out, and I was amazed at the
number in such a small area. I stopped, and the birds huddled back together.
A few Bony's were feeding with them. I do not know what was in that small area
of the pond, but it must have been great to eat!
Damien Simbeck
Killen, AL
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