I was hoping to add a Horned Grebe as a first-of-the-year bird (FOY) with a
late morning trip today to a site beside the Tennessee River off Thatch Road
north of Island View Drive in Hamilton County. I did locate one Horned Grebe,
and it was with a group of six Ruddy Ducks. A few minutes later the ducks were
drifting south in the river and came near another group of ten Ruddy Ducks. I
have usually seen this species only every couple of years, and I usually see
only one or two Ruddy Ducks then!
Charles Murray
Birchwood, TN
