[TN-Bird] RPT: Roseate Spoonbill, Chickamauga Dam - Hamilton Co

Harold Sharp of the Riverwalk Bird Club in Chattanooga sent me an
update on the Great White Herons along with a report of a ROSEATE
SPOONBILL from the same area below Chickamauga Dam where one of the
Great White Herons has been being seen.  His message and a follow-up
are below.

Note that there are currently a good number of reports of Roseate
Spoonbills along the east coast from SC, NC, and VA including a
report of two well inland in NC and as many as 9 at Pea Island
on the Outer Banks.  So keep your eyes open for big pink birds
as they seem to really be dispersing widely after breeding this
year.

Dean Edwards
Knoxville, TN




> On Mon, 6 Jul 2009, sharp_h wrote:
> 
>> Thanks for the reply, I checked the dam this morning the Great White Heron 
>> was not around but a Roseate Spoonbill was for about 20 minutes. It landed 
>> on the RR bridge after feeding along the bank below the bridge, a train 
>> spooked it and it flew off down river. We had another one here a few years 
>> ago on the same pond that the second GWH is on now.
>> 
>> Harold

---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Mon, 6 Jul 2009 13:04:44 -0400
Subject: Re: Great White Heron

It was at the dam, please post my e-mail. 3 members of the Riverwalk Bird Club 
were at the dam, they called me at 9;30am and said we are watching a large pink 
bird, it's just below the RR bridge and we are not sure what it is, I told him 
to look in his birdbook at Roseate Spoonbill, he said, "That's It, it has a big 
knot on it's bill and it has flown up on the RR bridge with a GBH. I got in the 
car and drove over, when I arrived it was gone, a train spooked it and it flew 
down the river, we searched the river for about 3 miles and did not locate it. 
About 2 years ago we had one on the Farm pond where the GWH is now, I will 
drive up there this afternoon or tomorrow to check that pond again..... Yes 
,please post it to TN-BIRDS  for members of The Riverwalk Bird Club who saw it 
this morning.


Thanks,

Harold Sharp
Riverwalk Bird Club.


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