11/14/06 KY Lake; Henry Co. Pace Point, Britton Ford, and Paris Landing areas I decided to make a quick trip back to KY Lake to see if there might have been any new additions with the recent front that came through. Duck numbers were way down around the Pace Point area, but Paris Landing is now loaded with Scaup. I only spent a total of about 3 hours birding this morning, so didn't spend very long in any area. When I arrived at Pace Point, Kevin Breault and Dee Thompson were already in the area. They had the WESTERN GREBE located, but the big raft of divers that is usually in the area was nowhere to be found; same goes for the Red-necked Grebe. There were practically no Scaup in the Pace Point area. The two WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS were still present off the northeast corner of Pace Point. They were actively feeding with Mallards and Black Ducks, foraging by swimming in the shallows with their heads underwater. It was nice to have looks at the adult male in calm conditions, so that orange bill and white comma behind the eye really stood out, even at a distance. This is one of my favorite birds in a long time. A Black Duck doesn't look black anymore when swimming next to that bad boy! Otherwise in the area, not much except my 1st Common Goldeneye of the fall, and the 1st nice group of about 30 Red-breasted Mergansers. Loon numbers were very low, with only about 30 visible between Pace and Rocky Point. I didn't look for loons at all later in the day. Otherwise the highlight at Pace was a lone AMERICAN AVOCET that flew in literally as I was about to turn my car around to leave. From Pace we went to Britton Ford, on the chance that the Scoters, especially the Black, might still be present. No luck, and very few birds at all in the bay below the observation platform. They should be closing this area to boat traffic very soon, so it should start filling up. Otherwise at Britton Ford about the only thing of interest was a lone 'Blue' Goose in amongst the handful of Canada Geese that I could see. No shorebirds other than Killdeer. Paris Landing was loaded with birds, with the vast majority being Coot and Scaup. Nothing unusual in the area, and only a handful of gulls on the island. On another note, I was a little confusing about something in my 1st post about the White-faced Ibis in Lake Co. I mentioned that it was my 350th bird in TN, but the way I worded it sounded like it might be my 350th bird THIS year in TN. That is definitely not the case, 350 was a long time coming! Good Birding!! Mike Todd McKenzie, TN birder1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx www.pbase.com/mctodd =================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBER===================== The TN-Bird Net requires you to SIGN YOUR MESSAGE with first and last name, CITY (TOWN) and state abbreviation. You are also required to list the COUNTY in which the birds you report were seen. The actual DATE OF OBSERVATION should appear in the first paragraph. _____________________________________________________________ To post to this mailing list, simply send email to: tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx _____________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, send email to: tn-bird-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field. ______________________________________________________________ TN-Bird Net is owned by the Tennessee Ornithological Society Neither the society(TOS) nor its moderator(s) endorse the views or opinions expressed by the members of this discussion group. Moderator: Wallace Coffey, Bristol, TN wallace@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ------------------------------ Assistant Moderator Andy Jones Cleveland, OH ------------------------------- Assistant Moderator Dave Worley Rosedale, VA __________________________________________________________ Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society web site at http://www.tnbirds.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ARCHIVES TN-Bird Net Archives at //www.freelists.org/archives/tn-bird/ EXCELLENT MAP RESOURCES Topographical Maps located at http://topozone.com/find.asp Tenn.Counties Map at http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/states/tennessee3.gif Aerial photos to complement google maps http://local.live.com _____________________________________________________________