[TN-Bird] Weekend Birding with Little and Glaucous Gull Treat

From: OLCOOT1@xxxxxxx
To: tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 2009 18:44:17 EST
DEC. 12-13, 2009
Lauderdale Waterfowl Refuge
Lauderdale Co.
Bogota WMA, Dyer Co.
Reelfoot Lake area
Lake and Obion Co. TN
 
Lauderdale had a large concentration of waterfowl, 18 species with Cackling 
 and Canada Geese plus Red-breasted added at Reelfoot for 21 species on  
the weekend. The Red-tails were scattered at Lauderdale including 2 Krider's, 
2  light western calurus, 4 Eastern, 3 Harrier and 3 Bald Eagles. All the 
raptors  were gone when I returned Sunday evening, but I'd guess they could 
not stand the  harassment and yammering of 10,000 Crows.
 
At Bogota WMA, I photographed an intermediate morph Harlan's in the same  
tree as last winter. There were numerous Eastern and Western Red-tails 
scattered  about and 3 Harrier's, all males, I guess the females are still 
north 
of us  waiting to be pushed by the cold and run the males farther south.
 
In the Reelfoot area, the trees look like someone took a weed whacker to  
them, we will live with this Ice Storm effect for years, changing habitat and 
 species distribution but not as bad as losing so much habitat due to the 
drying  out of areas during the drought that has allowed extensive timbering 
and  ditching in order to drain large areas of habitat we had birdied for  
years.
 
Species were scattered and hard to find with just a few Western  
Meadowlarks, Lapland Longspurs and Least Sandpipers but a Short-eared Owl was  
seen on 
Tiptonville Landing Road, so now they have been seen at two of their  
regular sites. Duck species and numbers were down on the Lake, scattered as  
shotguns were heard all around with only a few Horned Grebes, 6 White  Pelicans 
plus 2 Common Loons seen. A huge string of Buffleheads  were found on the 
water out from Samburg with 282 in view at one  swing of the scope.
 
I relocated the adult LITTLE GULL, Saturday just before roost time and  
Nancy Moore got there in time for poor  and distant looks in the gloom but  
Sunday I found the bird closer and very active in the east end of the lower  
lake. I called Nancy again and we enjoyed the bird for over 2 hours but it 
never  took a rest from busily feeding. I spotted a large light gull coming 
toward us  and got Nancy on a huge first winter GLAUCOUS GULL which flew close 
enough for  us to see its black tipped bill. Extreme gulls, from the 
smallest in the world  to one of the largest, in view at the same time. Poor 
photos 
of the flying  LITTLE GULL starting at:  
 
_http://www.pbase.com/ol_coot/image/120277898_ 
(http://www.pbase.com/ol_coot/image/120277898) 
 
 
Good Birding  !!!
Jeff R. Wilson / TLBA
6300 Memphis-Arlington Road
Bartlett, TN  38135
http://www.pbase.com/ol_coot/
What is this feathered thing that  lifts my heart to the heavens.


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