[TN-Bird] Re: Dog Trial Area - R-B Mergs, Lincoln's Sparrow, etc.
- From: "Daniel B. Estabrooks" <dbe2g@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 3 Apr 2013 14:00:42 +0000
Correction: Strike the Green-winged Teal. Somehow I made it through a fairly
long life of birding without ever noticing that Blue-winged Teal have a green
speculum. So that would explain the flashes of green I saw in a flock of them
flying by. Oops.
But I will also add that I forgot to mention the 6 Common Loons and 16 Horned
Grebes :-P
Daniel
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Sent: Wednesday, April 03, 2013 6:36 AM
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Subject: [TN-Bird] Dog Trial Area - R-B Mergs, Lincoln's Sparrow, etc.
Percy Priest WMA, Dog Trial Area
Rutherford County
4/2/13
I managed to find 50 species at the dog trial area yesterday, which is probably
a personal single-site record for me. Highlights included:
32 Red-breasted Mergansers
1 Lincoln's Sparrow (singing!)
1 Fox Sparrow
24 Blue-winged Teal
4 Green-winged Teal
4 Northern Shovelers
2 American Wigeons
2 Lesser Yellowlegs
1 Greater Yellowlegs
16 Wilson's Snipe
1 Bald Eagle (on the nest)
1 Northern Harrier
I also got a fairly good look at a mystery sparrow whose general appearance and
behavior matched Vesper except for the small problem of not having any apparent
white in the tail. (Not sure if I just couldn't see it because of the light or
if it was merely a real pale Savannah.) Definitely worth looking for again
though.
Scott Somershoe and Stephen Zipperer found Soras up there last fall, and at one
point I did hear something crashing around in the marshy area where they've
been seen. I could never get the darn thing to come out or call, but again...
definitely worth another attempt.
And finally, I also got an excellent look at a beautiful molting Red-tailed
Hawk with almost perfect Red-shouldered-like "windows" in its wings. So be
careful out there, all you hawk watchers ;-)
Daniel Estabrooks
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