[Bristol-Birds] Canvasback @ Middlebrook Lake
- From: <merlin42@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: bristol-birds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2007 10:42:56 -0800
Hello area and TN Birders,
I took an extended lunch today to go to Middlebrook lake to look for the
Long-tailed Duck that was reported yesterday by Rack Cross et al.. While I
didn't find the Duck with the Long Tail, I did find two, male Canvasback Ducks
mixing in with the Hooded Mergansers (not very well, I might add). There was
the normal compliment of other birds - Canada Geese (some very interesing
hybrid geese were mixed in), Mallards, Coots, and Herons(3). I noticed a few
Vultures (3-4) but the roost must have been out to lunch. I hung around long
enough to see Tom and JT McNeil come driving in just as a HUGE group of gulls
were flying back in. I felt like I was at a hawk watch on a big day as they
just kept appearing out of nowhere flying in from the north in a steady stream.
I had been looking at the Canvasback when I heard the wind off their wings at
such a volume I had to look up. Middlebrook lake is located in eastern
Sullivan County in Bristol, TN
Nice lunch break.
--
Rob Biller
Elizabethton, TN
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