[TN-Bird] FW: Bittern in Blount County

From: "Al Kolak" <alsandra@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 5 Apr 2009 20:28:28 -0400
 

From: Al Kolak [mailto:alsandra@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] 
Sent: Sunday, April 05, 2009 6:56 PM
To: 'tn-bird-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'
Subject: Bittern in Blount County

 

Hi,

 

Sandy and I decided to go take a look for the American Bittern at White's
Mill Wildlife Refuge this afternoon.  A thank you to Ron and Dolly Ann for
the excellent directions.  When we arrived we decided I would take the levee
to the left and Sandy would walk on the right side and meet on the back.  At
about 1:20pm, we met on the back side of the levee (in about the middle) and
decided to just sit for awhile and wait.  Apparently the bird was right
behind us in the water,  got nervous and flushed.  We had an excellent view
as it flew about 250 feet into the tall grass to the North.

 

Our thanks to the person who first found this wonderful bird - I believe it
was Tom Howe!  Also, we were unaware this Refuge existed and thankful to
know it is there.

 

By the way, we have seen American Bitterns before in Northern Michigan and
also in Corkscrew Swamp in Florida, but never in Tennessee - a new Tennessee
bird!

 

Al Kolak

Maryville, Tennessee



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[TN-Bird] FW: Bittern in Blount County

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