[TN-Bird] Strange Flock of Mini-Geese at Shelby Farms / White River CBC
- From: OLCOOT1@xxxxxxx
- To: tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 4 Jan 2006 19:02:25 EST
Jan. 4, 2006
Shelby Farms
Shelby Co, TN
St. Charles, AR
I took my lunch at Shelby Farms today and on Patriot Lake came upon a mixed
flock of small geese. I took quite a few photos and studied the birds closely
and came up with this crazy mix:
7 - Snow, 4 - Blue, 10 - ROSS'S, 13 - CACKLING, 5 very small Lesser Canada
and 29 Canvasback Ducks. There were lots of other Canada Geese on Pine Lake but
this was a heck of a flock of tiny geese to shift through. One of the Ross's
had a yellow neck band and after a lot of waiting, I was finally able to
read the letters and have sent them off.
You just never know what you are going to find at Lunch.
Yesterday, Jan .3, I participated in the White River CBC at St. Charles, AR
for the third year and came up with 98 species. It was one beautiful day but
unfortunately they are suffering as we are with the drought. My best birds
were an American Bittern, a Forster's Tern, a intermediate dark morph Harlan's
Red-tail that I got a good flight shot of and a rare light morph Harlan's plus
5 species of geese. I had to leave early so I don't know what the final
count was but the ducks, geese and blackbirds filled a beautiful morning sun
rise
and that was again well worth the trip. Anyone interested in doing this way
under manned count next year, get in touch with me and we'll go. Keith
"Catfish" Sutton has compiled the count for 30 years.
Good Birding !!!
Jeff R. Wilson / TLBA
6298 Memphis-Arlington Road
Bartlett, TN 38135
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