[TN-Bird] Long-tailed Duck at Lake Tansi, Feb 24, 2014 (at last!)

  • From: "Ed Legrand" <elegrand@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2014 20:06:12 -0600

I finally found a Long-tailed duck at Lake Tansi, Cumberland Co., this morning. 
The ducks are thinning out, but the divers are still diverse.
Ed LeGrand
Cumberland Co.,TN

Lake Tansi, Cumberland, US-TN
Feb 24, 2014 8:45 AM - 10:00 AM
Protocol: Traveling
16.0 mile(s)
Comments:     Lake Tansi marina, beach, and Arrowhead Dr.; Lake Hiawatha, drive 
to and from Leffle Webb Road; 33-35 degrees, clear, breezy
32 species

Canada Goose  20
Mute Swan  1     usual bird at Arrowhead Dr. cove
Wood Duck  7     Hiawatha
Mallard  5
Canvasback  110     Hiawatha (counted)
Redhead  50     cove at bridge
Ring-necked Duck  50     half at Tansi, half at Hiawatha
Greater Scaup  9     4 females and 2 males at Tansi in usual location across 
from the Tansi office; 2 females and 1 male at Hiawatha
Lesser Scaup  1     Hiawatha; male 
Long-tailed Duck  1     adult male well seen at 200 yards from beach for 
several minutes; had orange distal half of bill, long black tail seen several 
times as it dove (but plume never seen while it was sitting on the water)
Bufflehead  30
Ruddy Duck  5     3 at Tansi, 2 at Hiawatha
Pied-billed Grebe  8
Horned Grebe  1
Turkey Vulture  1
Red-shouldered Hawk  1
American Coot  150
Killdeer  1
Ring-billed Gull  1     overhead at Tansi
Mourning Dove  2
Red-bellied Woodpecker  1
American Kestrel  1
American Crow  6
Carolina Chickadee  1
Tufted Titmouse  1
Carolina Wren  1
Eastern Bluebird  4
American Robin  3
European Starling  2
Yellow-rumped Warbler  1
Northern Cardinal  1
Red-winged Blackbird  30     flock overhead

This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org)

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