[TN-Bird] Re: Forster's Terns at Watts Bar -NO
- From: Harold Howell <howellh2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: TN Bird <TN-Bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2012 08:39:37 -0400
Sorry for the false alarm folks. After further review, these are
Bonaparte's Gulls. Their legs can sometimes be orange-red instead of the
usual pink.
Sorry for the error.
Harold Howell
Grainger County
On 3/12/12 7:06 PM, "Harold Howell" <howellh2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Sunday 11March Doug Bruce, Mindy Fauver and I witnessed four Forster's
> Terns fishing in the Tennessee River below Watts Bar Dam in Meigs County, TN.
> They were near the east side of the river along the TWRA boat launch and
> parking lot off of SR 304. This location is directly across the river from
> the Watts Bar Nuclear Power Plant. These birds were not in breading plumage.
> Is this unusual?
>
> We also saw three Osprey fishing there. Photos are here:
>
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/hsquare/6977479839/in/photostream
>
> Harold Howell
> Grainger County
> Rutledge, TN
>
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