[TN-Bird] Blount County Herring bonanza
- From: "Ron Hoff" <aves7000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 22 Jan 2012 22:18:25 -0500
TN-birders,
Frank Bills, Sharon Bostick, Dollyann Myers, and I did a bit of birding along
Lowe’s ferry Road in northern Blount Co. Saturday afternoon. Hitch Pond held
about 10 Hooded Mergansers. A bit further up the road, on the left, there is
another body of water which held a lone Canvasback. Phelp’s dairy farm pond
finally had a few ducks, with about 15 Ring-necked Ducks, 2 Northern Shovelers,
4 Bufflehead, and 1 American Black Duck.
The real surprise was when we went further out Lowe’s Ferry Road to the Ish
Creek embayment area, on the left. Sometimes this area can hold many gulls and
usually is a good place for Pied-billed Grebes. There were about 40 Ring-billed
Gulls about along with about 40 Bonaparte’s Gulls. Then we noticed some larger
gulls and when we finally stopped counting, we had 18 first and second winter
(no adult) Herring Gulls. This was the largest number of Herring Gulls I’ve
ever had in Tennessee. Sweet!
Great birding,
Ron Hoff
Clinton, TN
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