[TN-Bird] Brief KY Lake birding today; Henry Co

From: "Michael & Rebecca Todd" <birder1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 14 Nov 2010 22:57:51 -0600
11/14/2010
Henry Co
Paris Landing, Eagle Creek/Port Rd areas/Britton Ford
I finally got out of the house today (fairly briefly), after being involved in 
an auto accident last weekend and still having a very sore lower back. Partly 
wanted to see how my back would do with some exercise (not as well as I had 
hoped....), partly wanted to see if I could find any of Jeffâ??s goodies from 
last weekend (not many), and partly to try out my new optics after replacing 
all of my old stuff that was destroyed in the accident. Luckily, none of my 
camera equipment was in the car at the time.

Anyway, Paris Landing was very quiet, but at least the sign is gone from the 
island, which did have a few gulls on it. No groups of divers in the area at 
all that I could see though. Next was the mouth of Eagle Creek, at Bull Durham 
Rd. Highlight here were 7 Franklinâ??s Gulls resting amongst the Ring-bills, 
Herrings, and Forsterâ??s Terns. 

Best bird was out from Big Eagle Campground, out near where Eagle Creek hits 
the Big Sandy. There were around 100 loons in this area, with one Pacific 
amongst them. I had maybe 200 loons from the vantage points I had from Paris 
Landing to Trailer Rd. So, the usual ratio would say that if I had that many at 
mid-day, the late day roost would probably still hold 600-800 birds anyway. 
Heat waves were pretty bad today, but no sign of Jeffâ??s big boy, the young 
Yellow-billed. I saw nothing of note from either Trailer Rd or Port Rd.

Britton Ford was pretty quiet, with a few Greater White-fronted Geese, and a 
handful of Snows and Blues. Lots of ducks in the big bay already, with most of 
the expected species accounted for, but nothing unusual. Only shorebirds were 
18 Snipe and a single Dunlin. 

I had hoped to at least make it to the Big Sandy flats, but Britton Ford was 
about all that I had in me today. 

I posted a couple of distant and not very good shots of Franklinâ??s Gulls in 
my Fall 2010 gallery. I had posted a few shots since I last updated as well. 
New shots start at:
http://www.pbase.com/mctodd/image/129554180/original , the first few of which 
are a very cooperative Black-throated Green Warbler.

Good Birding!!

Mike Todd
McKenzie, TN
birder1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
www.pbase.com/mctodd

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