[TN-Bird] New Henslow's location!!

From: "Desgrosellier, Jay" <jay.desgrosellier@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <TN-BIRD@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2003 16:02:07 -0500
Sunday, April 27, 2003
Duck River Unit Tennessee NWR (Humphrey's Co.), Paris Landing and other
locales in Henry Co., Land-Between-the-Lakes and Cross Creeks NWR
(Stewart Co.), TN
7 am to 6:30 pm
 
 
Chris Sloan and myself decided to take advantage of a gorgeous Sunday to
do a loop around the Tennessee River area and see what was around. The
day's total ended at a surprising 128 species. Our best find of the day
was at least two singing HENSLOW'S SPARROWS in a field at
Land-Between-the-Lakes. I have to give Chris the credit for this find as
he saw this field and immediately had us stop to check it out with
Henslow's in mind. Not a minute later one called right next to us. To
our knowledge this is the only spot in Tennessee where one can find
these birds that is open to the public. There is a large population on
Fort Campbell that is not readily accessible. To get to these birds head
north out of Dover, TN into Land-Between-the-Lakes. At the south
entrance station mark you mileage. It is exactly 3.7 miles to a small
grassy rise that overlooks the rest of the field. There is a gravel
pull-out on the right that you can park in. At least one bird was heard
from this pull-out. Chris had another bird farther out in the field.
Also in this field, which is marshy towards the back, there were SEDGE
WRENS singing and a SORA.
 
Other good finds on the day include a MISSISSIPPI KITE at Duck River, a
rare bird in middle Tennessee. Ducks at Duck River included 6 NORTHERN
PINTAILS as well as the more expected HOODED MERGANSER, GADWALL and
NORTHERN SHOVELER. Also at Duck River were 4 immature BALD EAGLES. We
found another 4 BALD EAGLES at Cross Creeks and another flying over the
highway to make 9 on the day. 2 Vesper Sparrows were still at Cross
Creeks, making a rather late appearance for this species in Tennessee. A
single first year HERRING GULL and 3 COMMON LOONS were found lingering
off of Paris Landing State Park. 22 species of warblers were noted, with
only 4 species being non-breeders. Thanks to Mike Todd's directions we
were able to locate the SWAINSON'S WARBLER he found northeast of
McKenzie in Henry County.
 
Shorebird numbers were decent, but species diversity was lacking. We had
9 species for the day, none of which were unexpected. Both Chris and I
lamented the fact that the water at Duck River, but especially Cross
Creeks, was very high. Why don't these refuges do a better job of
managing water levels for shorebirds in the spring? Cross Creeks seems
like they could easily let out some water and produce great habitat.
 
Good Birding!
 
Jay Desgrosellier
Nashville, TN
 
 
 
 

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