Upon reading this post and talking to Clayton Ferrell, my daughter Gwen and I headed west to Duck River Unit after work and hiked out the muddy road along Grassy Pond in light intermittent rain. We were rewarded at the end of the road with nice views of the Brown Pelican in a dead cypress tree and later flying over the pond. Gwen picked up a couple of other life birds (spotted sandpiper, dickcissel) along the way. Managed to digiscope a couple of photos: http://www.flickr.com/photos/dkirschke/ Thanks to Jeff for the post! Location: Tennessee NWR - Duck River Unit Observation date: 7/28/09 Notes: Brown pelican reported by park staff. Gwen and I hiked out a mile or so along Grassy Pond in light intermittent rain. Number of species: 22 Canada Goose 20 Wood Duck 3 Mallard 5 Brown Pelican 1 Double-crested Cormorant 50 Great Blue Heron 10 Great Egret 20 Green Heron 4 Osprey 4 Bald Eagle 1 Red-tailed Hawk 1 Killdeer 10 Spotted Sandpiper 3 Eastern Kingbird 2 Brown Thrasher 1 Common Yellowthroat 3 Northern Cardinal 5 Blue Grosbeak 1 Indigo Bunting 5 Dickcissel 3 Red-winged Blackbird 10 Eastern Meadowlark 1 David and Gwen Kirschke Nashville, TN --- On Tue, 7/28/09, OLCOOT1@xxxxxxx <OLCOOT1@xxxxxxx> wrote: From: OLCOOT1@xxxxxxx <OLCOOT1@xxxxxxx> Subject: [TN-Bird] Immature Brown Pelican at Duck River NWR To: tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Cc: Clayton_Ferrell@xxxxxxx Date: Tuesday, July 28, 2009, 9:05 AM I wrote a long report on Island 13 and the fall out of shorebirds at Ensley on Sunday but evidently it was lost in the Internet hole. Anyway, 9 species of shorebirds were seen on Island 13 Saturday, where the Least Terns were doing battle and loosing big time to the 4 wheelers. Mom and 6 Black-bellied ducklings seem to have weather the storm and 13 Wind Bird species were seen after a weather fallout at Ensley Sunday, with one Upland. Nine Forster's, one Common and 2 Black Terns were seen on Dacus Bar Sunday afternoon. Now for the real news............. Clayton Ferrell with the Duck River NWR Unit near New Johnsonville, TN reports an immature Brown Pelican at the following pools or out over the TN River where photos were taken.. "It was originally observed at the lower (western) end of Pool 10 aka Grassy Lake. It was last seen sitting out on Kentucky Lake about a quarter mile out from the outer levee out from Pool 10. One would either have to take a boat or walk a mile down the levee to get to near where it was observed." Good Birding !!! Jeff R. Wilson / TLBA 6300 Memphis-Arlington Road Bartlett, TN 38135 http://www.pbase.com/ol_coot/ What is this feathered thing that lifts my heart to the heavens. **************An Excellent Credit Score is 750. 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