12/05/04 Paris Landing to Britton Ford Henry Co. Don Manning and I spent a nice morning searching areas on KY Lake. Unfortunately, the Big Sandy Refuge/Pace Point area still isn't accessible. We started at Paris Landing, with a few flights of Common Goldeneye, and several Bufflehead. This was the 1st time I can remember this time of year with no Scaup or Ruddies at Paris Landing. A lot of Gulls were working the marina over, but they were all Ring-bills. The Eagle Creek bay was literally full of Horned Grebes, 300+. We would see well over 500 Horned Grebes on the day. There was a big raft of 108 Common Loons in still water out from Eagle Creek, but none could be made into anything "un"Common. Port Rd was pretty slow, though it was obvious that the area around Pace Point is teeming with birds (since we can't get over there). Trailer Rd was quite a surprise. We had probably the best showing I've seen of Loons for mid-day. There were over 250 Common Loons seen from here, stretched out in a couple of long lines. The water was still, allowing great viewing, but no Pacific's or Red-throated's in the mix. No doubt they are around though. A nice bird was a Peregrine perched in the structure of the massive TVA high-voltage lines out in the river. We wound up the day at Britton Ford, where there were fewer ducks than expected. Nothing out of the ordinary, though several Canvasbacks are starting to use the area, always a nice sight. A hen Redhead escaped detection for the longest time in the mix, quite a lovely bird. A few Red-breasted Mergansers were in the area as well. Good Birding!! Mike Todd McKenzie, TN Carroll Co. birder1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx www.pbase.com/mctodd =================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBER===================== The TN-Bird Net requires you to sign your messages with first and last name, city (town) and state abbreviation. ----------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------- 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 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society web site at http://www.tnbirds.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Topographical Maps located at http://topozone.com/find.asp * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ========================================================