[TN-Bird] Fw: Iceland Gull at Wheeler Dam, Alabama
- From: "Wallace Coffey" <jwcoffey@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "TN-birds" <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 15 Jan 2005 13:11:37 -0500
----- Original Message -----
From: Damien Simbeck
To: ALBIRDS
Sent: Saturday, January 15, 2005 1:34 PM
Subject: [ALBIRDS] Iceland Gull at Wheeler Dam
>
> Greg Jackson found a first winter Iceland Gull at Wheeler Dam this
morning.
> I joined him to search for the bird, but by the time I arrived, it had
flown
> downstream. We went to the fishing area below the dam, and saw the bird
> swimming near the mouth of Big Nance Creek (first slough on the south
shore below
> the dam). It was too far to ID, so I went to a local store and bought
some
> bread. I began throwing the bread into the current in front of the
fishing area.
> As the Ring-billeds piled in, so did the Iceland. We were able to get
great
> looks as it approached very near shore. It soon returned to the Big Nance
> Creek area, and was still swimming in that area when I left at noon. If
you are
> going to try for this bird, bring bread.
>
> Damien Simbeck
> Killen, AL
>
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Let's go birding.....
Wallace Coffey
Bristol, TN
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