[TN-Bird] 4.15 Montgomery County Green Heron

From: UTLAW97@xxxxxxx
To: tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2007 09:04:38 EDT
I saw a Green Heron in the same area as other sightings in Souther  
Montgomery County.
_http://www.flickr.com/photos/utlaw97/460780192/_ 
(http://www.flickr.com/photos/utlaw97/460780192/) 
_http://www.flickr.com/photos/utlaw97/460780184/_ 
(http://www.flickr.com/photos/utlaw97/460780184/) 
I was taking a picture of a pair of ducks on the right side of the road.  
Something told me to look left and I saw something that looked like it was part 
 
of the log. I took some pictures, got the binos, looked in sibley's and found 
it  was a green heron. It stayed there for a couple of minutes , only turning 
its  head very slowly. I drove off before it could get too agitated at me. It 
was  about 50-60 feet from me. This was around 1 pm.
I also saw a group of Coots, I counter around 30. They didn't seem to get  
agitated.
Saw Ring-necked ducks, probably about 20.
Saw several Great Blue Herons flying about and of course a plethora of  Black 
Vultures.
No eagle, egret or kingfisher or even hawks that I can recall.
Also, I saw a black bird with white under wing. I was driving and saw  it to 
my 2 o'clock. It flew from somewhere in the bush/swamp and flew into the  
trees on the bluff. Didn't see it again, and by the time I was able to stop 
car,  
I couldn't find where it went. My recollection it was between the size of a  
grackle and a crow. Because of the situation I probably watched it for 1 1/2 to 
 2 seconds. The underwing was at least half white, not just a little spot, 
but I  don't remember seeing white anywhere else on the bird. I looked in bird 
book and  thought it looked like a Magpie. Do we get those around here?
Jeff Grimes
Woodlawn, TN


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