[TN-Bird] Re: Eagle Bend - Little Blue Heron
- From: kde@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
- To: Ron Hoff <aves7000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2013 13:46:46 -0400 (EDT)
Also important is that posted closing time for Eagle Bend is 4:30PM as I
recall.
Dean Edwards
Knoxville, TN
On Wed, 10 Jul 2013, Ron Hoff wrote:
> Karen and all,
>
> Dollyann and I went back out early this morning (8 am) and we found 5 Great
> Egrets (a new high total for us at this location) along with the Little Blue
> Heron.
>
> In addition we also had 6 Black-crowned Night-Herons, 3 Great Blue herons,
> and 8 Green Herons (several juveniles).
>
> No shorebirds were seen today other than Killdeer, but they will be draining
> ponds in the next few weeks and that should attract shorebirds and other
> interesting birds.
>
> Best time to go, as with most birding, would be first thing in the morning. I
> think they open the gates there during the week at 7 am. The manager usually
> leaves the gate open on Saturdays as well, but since Saturday is NOT normal
> business hours, the gate might not be open that early, and possibly will be
> closed, depending on if he has to leave the grounds for something (I?m
> talking about Saturday here). Sunday is almost always closed.
>
> Great birding,
> Ron Hoff & Dollyann Myers
> Clinton, TN
>
>
>
> From: Karen Wilkinson
> Sent: Wednesday, July 10, 2013 10:28 AM
> To: aves7000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [TN-Bird] Eagle Bend - Little Blue Heron
>
> Hi Ron, what's the best time of day to go there?
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Jul 9, 2013, at 10:05 PM, Ron Hoff <aves7000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>
> TN-birders,
>
> Dollyann and I made a quick run out to Eagle Bend fish hatchery, in
> Anderson County, this afternoon to see if any interesting birds had showed
> up. They had.
>
> We found 4 Great Egrets (which ties our all-time high number here) and also
> we found a juvenile Little Blue Heron. This individual is all white with a
> bi-colored beak and only half the size of the Great Egrets. We have only ever
> had 1 other Little Blue Heron record here at the hatchery.
>
> Also of interest was 95 Killdeer, a Spotted Sandpiper, and 1 Least
> Sandpiper. There are a couple of drained ponds and this is the time of the
> year when shorebirds begin returning south, so it should be interesting over
> the next 2 1/2 months out there, especially if some of the ponds remained
> drained and moist.
>
> Great birding,
> Ron Hoff & Dollyann Myers
> Clinton, TN
>
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