[TN-Bird] waterbirds above Chickamauga Dam
- From: "Kevin A. Calhoon" <kac@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "Harold Sharp" <sharp_h@xxxxxxxxx>, "Ray Zimmerman" <znaturalist@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2014 08:40:12 -0500
I have spent a few hours observing the amazing group of waterbirds above
Chickamauga Dam on Sunday and Monday. Tommie Rogers and I did some
counting yesterday to document the historic numbers of several species.
Here is what we came up with:
- 38 White-winged Scoters (Tommie saw 12 upriver for a total of
50 for yesterday!!)
- 331 Redheads (Probably a record for Hamilton County)
- 42 Canvasbacks (Dan Jacobson had a flock of over 250 at
Chester Frost on Sunday as well!)
- 1 immature male Black Scoter (We had two adult males and
either a young male and female down river from Booker T on Sunday)
- 2 Surf Scoters (male and female), I did not see them on
Monday, but they were way upriver with a flock of Bufflehead on Sunday.
- 1 male Long-tailed Duck present both days
- Did not seen any loon species but Common above dam on Sunday
or Monday, but we had three Red-throated Loons out from Booker T on
Sunday and Tommie Rogers had two more Red-throated Monday out in channel
downriver from Web Road.
- Saw 16 Horned Grebes above dam on Sunday and Monday.
Kevin Calhoon
Assistant Curator of Forests
Tennessee Aquarium
423-785-4070
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