[bristol-birds] Black Terns at Musick's Campground
- From: "Mary J. Erwin" <maryerwin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "'bristol-birds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'" <bristol-birds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 18 Aug 2002 02:04:58 -0400
About 7:00 Sat. afternoon (8-17), Mary Evans, Mike Evans and Mary Erwin =
sat through a big thunderstorm and heavy rain on the shore at Musick's. =
Once the storm had passed, we were rewarded with double arcs of a =
rainbow over Washington County Park. The pot of gold was the flurry of =
activity of gulls and terns at the mouth of Spring Creek following the =
storm. We had close looks at two Black Terns, one in breeding plumage. =
There were easily 15-20 terns in the area before they dispersed.
1 Adult and 1 juv. Ring-billed gulls also gave us close looks. =
Shorebirds seen on the island with scopes were: 2 Semipalmated Plovers, =
2 Pectoral Sandpipers and 4 Spotted Sandpipers.
Through binoculars, we saw a slender-profiled dark heron or egret, but =
it vanished up Spring Creek before I got my scope on it. My first =
impression was that it was smaller and more slender than a Great Blue =
Heron. Anyone who is at Musick's tomorrow might look for it. =20
Mary J. Erwin
Kingsport TN
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