[TN-Bird] Shutes Branch Recreation Area

Today, taking my grandson to feed the ducks at Shutes Branch Recreation Area on 
Old Hickory Lake in Hermitage, Tn, Davidson County, I saw the following birds:

Mallards- 30
Ring-Billed Gulls- 30
American Coots- 5 some clucking and making chicken noises
Eastern Bluebirds- 2
Great Blue Herons- 4
Canada Geese- 5
Blue-Winged Teal- 2 (Highlight of the day for me)
American Crow- 3 One stole a fish from a gull
Belted Kingfisher- 1
Melanistic/Hybrid Mallards- 3

The Great Blue Herons were perched in the trees on a small island about 150 - 
200 yards north of the eastern end of the Recreation Area.  I have always seen 
clusters of Great Blue Herons and Black-Crowned Night Herons on this island and 
suspect it might be a roost or even a rookery.

Nat Winston III
Hermitage, TNDavidson County

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