[TN-Bird] Tennessee's second Mottled Duck - Ensley Again

August 28, 2004
Ensley Bottoms-TVA Lake
Shelby Co. TN

You know how much I like unsettled weather, well today was almost perfect. 
After studying and photographing some great Wind Birds, Mike Todd and I were 
searching the fields for Buff-breasted when a heavy rain hit. I headed up to 
TVA 
Lake to check it out.

Mike had been by there earlier and reported a single Shoveler Duck so we were 
surprised by a good sized flock sitting way out in the shallow water. Before 
I could stop, Mike said there was either a Black Duck or a Mottled Duck in the 
group. We quickly relocated the darker duck that had eased into the mix and 
was sleeping with its head tucked and we could see only its breast. My first 
thought was that it was just a wet Mallard but it raised its head and there was 
the black spot on the bill at the gape.

We watched the bird for about 45 minutes before it left with a flight that 
moved north toward McKellar Lake. Where the lake had held only a single 
Shoveler 
earlier, we ended up with 72 Mallards, 4 Wood Ducks, 6 Blue-winged Teal, 4 
Least Terns and 7 Black Terns.

I have photos of the Mottled Duck at:

http://www.pbase.com/ol_coot/

Go to the last album and click on the thumbnails for larger images and text 
on ID.


Good Birding!!!

Jeff R. Wilson
OL'COOT / TLBA
Bartlett, TN


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