[TN-Bird] Standifer Gap Marsh
- From: "David & Gloria Patterson" <dgpatterson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "tn-bird" <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "sefc" <SEFC-Birding@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 7 Apr 2005 17:37:46 -0400
Standifer Gap Marsh, Chattanooga, Hamilton County, TN
April 7, 2005, light rain
Canada Goose: nest which had female on 5 eggs 3/21 this morning had female on
4 eggs, no evidence of 5th egg
Mallard: 4th nest this season, female on 10 eggs, unusual nest in clump of 17
Ash saplings in shallow water in rushes and cattails, nest was 1 foot above
water on a pile of decayed cattail pieces.
No female on 3rd nest at 10 AM or at noon (female on 10 eggs 3/29, female
on the nest 4/3) 10 eggs and nest looked good, covered with pieces of dead
rush, either abandoned or orphaned or mother takes long or frequent lunch
breaks.
Blue-winged Teal: 6 - 10, look like they are pairing, be alert for possible
nest or young (we had a nest last year, very unusual)
Virginia Rail and Sora: 5 - 10 of each seen and/or heard
Great Egret: 1, my first of season
Palm Warbler: 1
David Patterson
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