[TN-Bird] Upper Douglas Lake 11/28/08

Dutch Bottoms (DB), Cocke county, and Taylor Bend (TB), Jefferson county
By canoe, 3:00 to 5:30 PM
Douglas Lake elevation: 960 ft

We decided to take advantage of warmer weather for a tour of lake  
sites which tend to have the highest concentrations of winter  
residents and migrants at the current lake level.  The cove at Taylor  
Bend had a nice assortment of waterfowl - we stayed off at a good  
distance & viewing conditions were less than optimal, so numbers and  
species  reported are conservative.
First-of-season observations are in caps.

SNOW GOOSE (4,DB)
Canada goose (180, DB; 250, TB)
GADWALL (18, TB)
AM. WIDGEON (14, TB)
AM. BLACK DUCK (8, TB)
Mallard (40, TB)
Northern shoveler  (5, TB)
Green-winged teal(60, TB)
Ringed-neck duck (4, TB)
SCAUP SPP.  (5, TB)
HOODED MERGANSER (52, DB; 12, TB)
Pied-billed grebe (2, DB)
Great blue heron (40, DB; 32, TB)
SANDHILL CRANE (1, DB; 1, TB)
Killdeer (5, DB; 12, TB)
Least sandpiper (12, DB)
Ring-billed gull (80, DB; 55, TB)

Michael Sledjeski & Leslie Gibbens
Del Rio TN



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