[TN-Bird] NTOS Priest Lake outing

Feb. 21, 2009 Percy Priest Lake, Rutherford and Davidson Cos. TN  
.
This morning 7 Nashville area TOS members birded sites on Percy Priest  Lake. 
We had windy conditions but rain and dark skys held off until afternoon.  
Highlights:
.
At he dam: 65 Common Loons and a couple of Horned Grebes. Ring-billed  Gulls 
seen at each stop.
Fall Creek Rec. area: A large congregation of gulls seemed to be  getting in 
on a shad run. Mostly Ring-billed Gulls, about 200,  with 3  Herring Gulls in 
the mix; seemed like every other gull had a small fish in  it's beak. One imm. 
Bald Eagle fly-by.
Lamar Hill Rec. area: A second Bald Eagle seen, an adult, then the presumed  
first eagle, the immature, circled overhead. No Bonaparte's Gulls seen all  
day.
Bryant Grove Rec. area: 10 more Com Loons added, with one heard  calling.
Couchville Lake: Only 8 Hooded Mergansers seen here at their usual spot.  
Very low water, the lowest I've seen on Priest, and the fact that  Couchville 
had 
frozen solid earlier in the month may be why Hoodies were not  here in their 
usual numbers.
 
My list from memory follows.
.
Richard Connors
Nashville
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Canada Goose
Mallard
Hooded Merganser 10
Common Loon   75
Horned Grebe
Great Blue Heron
Black Vulture
Turkey  Vulture
Bald Eagle  2
Accipiter sp. 1
Red-tailed  Hawk
Killdeer
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Rock Pigeon
Mourning  Dove
Belted Kingfisher
Red-bellied Woodpecker
American Crow
Carolina  Wren
Eastern Bluebird
Northern Mockingbird
European Starling
Cedar  Waxwing
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Song Sparrow
Northern  Cardinal


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