I took a long lunch break today and paid a brief visit to the Eagle Bend
Fish Hatchery in Clinton (Anderson County) Tennessee as I was curious to see
the immature snowy egret. I wasn't disappointed. It is still there. I
found it on a pond to the left as you drive in... 4 ponds back from the road
(one that has water in it) along with an immature great blue heron and an
immature and adult green heron.
There were killdeer everywhere, mourning doves, about two dozen Mallards in
eclipse plumage, & just a handful of Canada Geese, and while I did see two
shorebirds, I didn't get much of a look at either, didn't have time to try
for a better look, and am pretty lame at iding shore birds in any case.
On the upper pond at the water near the pipe where Allan Trently suggested
looking for shorebirds, there were two adult green herons and a killdeer.
A great blue heron was fishing at the other end and 17 Mallards were
swimming around (I included these in the two dozed mentioned earlier).
Carole Gobert, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee
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