[TN-Bird] Re: FW: Re: Cherokee Dam Area Sunday Afternoon
- From: Carole Gobert <cpgobert@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: Ben Britton <benbrdn@xxxxxxxxxxx>, Tennessee Bird List <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 3 Feb 2014 21:27:19 -0500
Ben, Your email is dated tomorrow, Feb. 4. Strange.
Anyway, I was at the dam this afternoon. Monday, Feb. 3, around 2:15. Did not
see the Long-Tailed Ducks. Only ducks I saw were 12 scaup. I parked at the
overlook and walked out the road past the closed gate to get closer look.
They were Greater Scaup. Otherwise just hundreds or thousands of gulls. And a
Bald Eagle flew past.
Carole Gobert, Knoxville
From: benbrdn@xxxxxxxxxxx
To: tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [TN-Bird] FW: Re: Cherokee Dam Area Sunday Afternoon
Date: Tue, 4 Feb 2014 00:44:31 +0000
From: benbrdn@xxxxxxxxxxx
To: shaawitya@xxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [TN-Bird] Re: Cherokee Dam Area Sunday Afternoon
Date: Tue, 4 Feb 2014 00:38:13 +0000
Feb. 03, 2014
Arrived at picnic area side about, 915 this morning, in mist/ light rain. Five
Long-tailed ducks were still there! Plenty of ring-billed gulls, with a
sprinkle of Bonneparts as well. There was a large raft of ducks (apprx. 130)
on up by the dam. I could only confirm about 30 redheads, 100 scaup, and 3
canvasbacks. I only had 8X binoculars, so some other ones went unidentified
further out in the channel. I tried to make some of the scaup out as
greater....but, I could not confirm, and feel all I could be sure of were the
Lesser scaup. Other notables were a flyover Bald Eagle, 3 golden-crowned
kinglets, and a Black-crowned night heron under the Hwy 25 bridge.
Been birdn?
Ben Britton Morristown, TNHamblen Co.
Date: Mon, 3 Feb 2014 04:00:19 +0000
From: shaawitya@xxxxxxxxxxx
To: tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [TN-Bird] Re: Cherokee Dam Area Sunday Afternoon
Chris Myers and I were at the Dam at approximately 2:30 - 3:00 on the picnic
area side and had views of the 5 Long-tailed Ducks the whole time. They were
sometimes hard to see due to the foggy mist, but we did find them, but only
Mallards duckwise, lots of gulls.
Keith Watson
Pittman Center, TN
From: "Harold Howell" <howellh2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "TN Bird" <TN-Bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, February 2, 2014 5:35:46 PM
Subject: [TN-Bird] Cherokee Dam Area Sunday Afternoon
I waited too long to get out today. The mist had set in making it difficult
to see anything. There were still large rafts of birds on the water out
from the dam but most were indistinguishable. There were many gulls below
the dam, mostly Ring-Bills with a few Bonaparte¹s Gulls. I did see an adult
Bald Eagle in the trees along the tailrace on the Jefferson County side
(Poor photo attached).
I also scouted the Grainger County side. There was nothing to be seen at
the boat launch adjacent to the dam. The water was very smooth, but no
birds to be seen. Grainger County Park had a few Ring-billed Guls, but
nothing else. Maybe the weather will be better tomorrow,
Best regards,
Harold Howell
Grainger County
Rutledge, TN
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