[TN-Bird] Duck River Bottoms
- From: "Cyndi Routledge" <routledges@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "tn-bird" <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 13 Mar 2010 20:24:35 -0600
Saturday March 13
Duck River Bottoms
Humphreys/Benton County
Cyndi and I revisited Duck River Bottoms this afternoon under cloudy skies and
a breezy 47 degrees. We had fairly moderate success, tallying 43 species.
Numbers of waterfowl were predictably down with the exception of 1500-2000
Northern Shovelers in various pockets of water and 400-500 Gadwall in the Duck
River by the large Great Blue Heron rookery. As hoped ,though, there were 40
-50 Blue-winged Teal that have recently arrived, as well as a comparable amount
of Hooded Mergansers . Most of the other likely species were found but in much
smaller numbers than usual including Mallards, Ring-necked Ducks, a few
Bufflehead, 7 Common Goldeneye, several Green-winged Teal, 3 Canvasbacks,
and 3 pairs of Wood Ducks. 3 mature and 4 immature Bald Eagles were also seen.
Killdeer, Red-winged Blackbirds, Eastern Meadowl;arks, Common Grackles, and
Brown-headed Cowbirds were plentiful. Finally , we ended the day with a mild
surprise when Cyndi found ~ 70 American Pipits feeding in the grassland
surrounding a shallow pond. Another fun day , for sure.
Conspicuously absent were American Widgeons and Northern Pintails with neither
being found today.
Anxiously waiting for the shorebirds and spring migrants to arrive!
Steve and Cyndi Routledge
Clarksville- Montgomery Co.
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