[TN-Bird] Cherokee Lake - pipits, etc
- From: K Dean EDWARDS <kde@xxxxxxx>
- To: Tennessee Birds <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 25 Nov 2007 19:06:57 -0500 (EST)
Sunday, 25 Nov 2007
Cherokee Lake from the dam up Lakeshore Rd (Hwy 375) to German Creek
Jefferson, Grainger, Hamblen Co
I ran up to Cherokee Lake Sunday afternoon. I ran into Carole
Gobert at the dam. We birded that area for awhile then Carole
went over to Mossy Creek Wildlife Viewing Area in Jefferson City
while I went on up Lakeshore Road on the Grainger County side
stopping at a few pull-outs. There were not as many waterfowl
as Carole had Saturday and we saw no scoters today. An odd-
looking duck bobbing along in the middle of the lake by itself
turned out to be a decoy that someone had lost... probably
hinting at why there were fewer ducks today. I saw at a couple
of groups hunting later in the day.
A large number of Ruddy Ducks for East TN were the most numerous
species with over 50. Carole and I had a merganser flying up
the lake which apparently I finally caught up with at Grainger
County Park... a female Red-breasted Merganser.
On the way back, at the intersection of Lakeshore Rd and Hwy 92
about 200 American Pipits flushed from a muddy field with crab
grass and some sparse grass of unknown type. I walked the field
and also flushed two AMMODRAMUS-type sparrows which dropped back
down and completely disappeared despite much additional walking.
A fair-sized blackbird flock on Collins Road in Jefferson Co
held a nice mix of starlings, C Grackle, Red-winged Blackbirds,
Brown-headed Cowbirds, and about 20 RUSTY BLACKBIRDs.
Canada Goose, ~50
Gadwall, 3
Mallard, 14
Redhead, 11
Red-breasted Merganser, 1
Ruddy Duck, 53, a good total for East TN
Common Loon, 7
Pied-billed Grebe, 6-8
Horned Grebe, ~20
Black-crowned Night-Heron, 2 in the tailwaters below the dam
American Coot, 50+
Bonaparte's Gull, 40+
Ring-billed Gull, 40+
American Pipit, ~200
Ammodramus-type sparrow, 2
Rusty Blackbird, ~20
Dean Edwards
Knoxville, TN
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