[TN-Bird] Re: Sunday TOS Pace Pt Trip

One additional, noteworthy non-bird to mention.  We had a
recently road-killed Armadillo just inside the Refuge on
the way to Pace Pt.  Not a Manatee but a new mammal for TN
for me.

Dean Edwards
Knoxville, TN

On Sun, 29 Oct 2006, K Dean EDWARDS wrote:

>
> David Trently or I will try to put together a better list and
> report later but I wanted to get a quick note out on some birds
> seen by the group that left the TOS Fall Meeting and did the
> Paris Landing - Pace Point trip on Sunday (29 Oct 2006).  The
> group started with about 15-18 with 8 hardy souls making it all
> the way to Pace Point, then David and I stopped briefly at the
> Duck River Scenic Overlook on Birdsong Rd on the long way
> back to Knoxville.  I'll mess the names up as bad as I did
> the navigation if I try now to list everyone (right, left,
> whatever).
>
>
> Highlights only...
>
> WHITE-WINGED SCOTER, 1 1st-winter at Pace Pt
>
> AM WHITE PELICAN, 3 near the bridge at Paris Landing seen from
> Pace Pt
>
> dowitcher sp., 3 seen WAAAAY in the distance from Duck River Scenic
> Overlook on Birdsong Rd.  Shorebirds belly-deep that never stopped
> probing the mud to lift their head... too chunky for Stilt SPs
>
> FRANKLIN'S GULL, 6 at end of Bull Durham Rd (which is labeled
> Old Hwy 79 in the TN gazateer) near Paris Landing
>
> LAUGHING GULL, 1 1st-winter at Pace Point
>
> LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL, 1 adult, 1 probable 1st-year at Pace Pt
>
> (also Ring-billed, Herring 15+, Bonaparte's 11 at Bull Durham Rd
> for a 6 gull day in TN)
>
> FORSTER'S TERN, at least 7 at Britton Ford
>
> BUCK MOTH (Hemileuca maia) 1 at Pace Point, one of the Giant Silkworm
> Moths, seen about 2PM flying through the woods just like they're
> supposed to be seen.  LIFE MOTH for me but no photo :-(
>
>
>
> Also nice...
>
> thousands of ducks, mostly Gadwall and Ruddy (especially at
> Britton Ford) with good numbers of Lesser Scaup.  Full list
> I think:
> Canada Goose, Wood Duck, Gadwall, Am Wigeon, Am Black Duck,
> Mallard, N Shoveler, N Pintail, GW Teal, Redhead, Ring-necked
> Duck, Lsr Scaup, WW Scoter, Bufflehead, Ruddy
>
> Common Loon, 40+ out from Pace seen from Port Rd, all seen as
> more than distant unIDable specs were Common
>
> Good numbers of Pied-billed and Horned Grebe
>
> Great Egret, 12+ at Duck River Scenic Overlook on Birdsong Rd
>
> Bald Eagle, 1 at Paris Landing, 2 at Duck River Scenic Overlook
>
> American Coot, all of them
>
> Tree Swallow, several throughout the day
>
>
> I'll leave the butterfly list to David but at least a dozen
> species were seen which seems really good for late Oct.  Also
> Common Green Darner and Eastern Pondhawk dragonflies and a
> couple of damsels that David can ID.
>
> Dean Edwards
> Knoxville, TN
>
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You are also required to list the COUNTY in which the birds
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appear in the first paragraph.
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