[TN-Bird] Blount County ponds
- From: Charlie <cmmbirds@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: TN-Bird <TN-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 9 Jan 2006 05:46:21 -0800 (PST)
This weekend I stopped by some of the more productive ponds in Blount
County. Unfortunately my results were no better than Dean had on the
Knoxville CBC which includes most of these ponds. Phelps Dairy Pond
had only a couple mallards. The "stilt pond" had a pair of Northern
Shovellers and 5 Gadwall. The other pond (sorry, I forget the name,
but it's usually the most productive) had no birds whatsoever. Not a
surprise, since water only covers about 1/5 the surface area it did
this time last year.
The highly manicured pond on South Heritage Road had its usual Mute
Swan and 5 Ring-necked Ducks.
Ish Creek had nothing. Scenic Point had 4 Hooded Mergansers and
about 25 Pied-billed Grebes.
My Blount County list is a WHOPPING 57 birds so far. Yes,
impressive, I know. :-) But the Purple Finches, lone White-crowned
Sparrow and at least 2 different Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers in our
yard keep us happy.
Charlie
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Charlie Muise, Naturalist near
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
"To the dull mind all nature is leaden. To the illuminated mind
the whole world sparkles with light." - Ralph Waldo Emerson
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