[TN-Bird] Standifer Gap Marsh
- From: "David & Gloria Patterson" <dgpatterson@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2003 18:29:51 -0000
Standifer Gap Marsh, Chattanooga
January 30, 2003
Pied-billed Grebe 2
American Black Duck 7
Gadwall 12 m 2 f
Canada Goose 41*
Mallard 12
Northern Pintail 1 m 1 f my 1st at SG Marsh
Green-winged Teal 2 m 1 f my 1st at SG Marsh
Cooper's Hawk 2
American Kestrel 1
Black (1) and Turkey Vultures
Virginia Rail 300 ft nw of small church, in cattails **
Sandhill Crane 2 flying north over marsh
Sedge Wren two quick glances and some characteristic chattering 300 ft nw
of small church, near cattails
* Two of the Canada Geese were separate from the others, on a mound of
cattails, one standing and one sitting, the entire 2 hours I was there, looking
as if they were getting the nesting urge. The mound was 2 feet above the water
and 3-4 ft in diameter, composed entirely of broken-off cattails, 75 ft south
of the gravel road. There was another mound 50 ft south of the road,
unoccupied.
** A weird little bird is Virginia, the rail,
Her beak is twice as long as her tail,
Too short in the wings,
She laughs when she sings,
And to think of a last line I fail.
David Patterson
Chattanooga
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