[TN-Bird] Avocet etc. at TNNWR (Duck River Unit)
- From: Chris Sloan <chris.sloan@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 05 Apr 2003 16:11:27 -0600
Since Jay Desgrosellier and I both have had a bad case of cabin fever
for a while, we decided to take account of the gorgeous weather today
(April 5) to spend a few hours doing some leisurely birding at one of
our favorite places, the Duck River Unit of the Tennessee National
Wildlife Refuge near New Johnsonville, TN. We spent about 6 hours
there (0730 to 1330) and tallied 88 species with minimal effort,
including the following highlights:
1 AMERICAN AVOCET - one in breeding plumage feeding frenetically along
the back edge of Pool 3
12 American Golden-Plovers
100 each of Greater & Lesser Yellowlegs
16 species of ducks & geese including:
1500 Blue-winged Teal
750 Green-winged Teal
3 American Black Ducks
200 Mallards
35 Wood Ducks
20 Northern Pintails
225 Northern Shovelers
150 Gadwall
15 American Wigeon
35 Greater Scaup (best looks we've ever had at wing stripe on
flying birds!)
15 Lesser Scaup
40 Bufflehead
40 Hooded Mergansers
20 Red-breasted Mergansers
9 Ruddy Ducks
1 Broad-winged Hawk
all the regular swallows except Bank
35 Blue-gray Gnatcatchers
1 American Pipit
1 White-eyed Vireo
2 Warbling Vireos
5 warblers including 2 Prothonotary and 1 Common Yellowthroat
For a leisurely half-day of birding, you won't hear any complaints
from us.
Chris Sloan
chris.sloan@xxxxxxxxxxx
Nashville, TN
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