[TN-Bird] Melton Hill Park loon and eagle
- From: Carole Gobert <cpgobert@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: Tennessee Bird List <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 28 Dec 2013 17:45:32 -0500
On this lovely, cold and dreary day, I got to Melton Hill Park in west Knox
County at around 12:20 pm and first drove to the boat ramp on the right. My
day could not have begun more auspiciously as the first two birds I saw were an
adult Bald Eagle and a Common Loon. While I've seen eagles here before, I have
never seen much in the way of waterfowl and definitely no loons. A while
later, while walking the grassy path through one of the meadows a Winter Wren
popped up right in front of me, perched briefly and then took cover. Another
first here for me. Not many birds showing themselves but I certainly can't
complain.
I stopped by the pond at Pellissippi State hoping something interesting may
have joined the lesser scaup but the scaup was alone; not even any Canada Geese.
Carole Gobert
Knoxville
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