[Bristol-Birds] a Surf Scoter day
- From: "Richard Knight" <rknight8@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "bristol-birds" <bristol-birds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "tn-bird" <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2008 18:17:41 -0400
28 Oct 2008
The cold front passage (made up of cold temps, wind, & snow flurries) grounded
a modest number of ducks & other waterbirds on waterways in NE Tenn.
Most notable of these were 10 Surf Scoters, scattered on 3 area lakes.
Considering
that there were only 30 previous records in the 5-county area of NE Tenn.,
three more
records in one day is significant.
The Surf Scoter sightings today:
5 at Steele Creek Park's lake, in Bristol (found by Larry McDaniel);
2 on South Holston Lake at Musick's campground;
3 on Boone Lake.
All of these are in Sullivan Co.
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other waterbirds observed on these lakes (& a couple other sites):
Wood Duck - 3
Gadwall - 12
Am. Wigeon - 6
Mallard - 6
Blue-wg. Teal - 2
N. Shoveler - 3
Green-wg. Teal - 2
Ring-nk. Duck - 110
Lsr. Scaup - 23
Hooded Merganser - 4
Ruddy Duck - 17 (12 species of ducks is not bad for Oct in East Tenn)
Com. Loon - 3
Pied-billed Grebe - 82
Am. Coot - 350+
Bald Eagle - 2 ad. (Austin Springs & lower Boone Lake)
Ring-billed Gull - 5 (few gulls have arrived locally thus far)
Tree Swallow - 16
Barn Swallow - 1 at Austin Springs - extends the late date in NE Tenn.
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Rick Knight
Johnson City, TN
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