[TN-Bird] NickJack/Raccoon Mtn

From: Bill Holt <wjholtjr@xxxxxxxxx>
To: tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Sat, 10 Oct 2009 03:08:55 -0400
Weather today (Friday, October 9th) was constantly changing, making for
great birding. Sun, strong wind, rain, etc. My son and I went to Nickjack
Dam and returned to Chattanooga via Hwy 41 and Raccoon Mtn.
Nickajack yielded some excitement with a huge, beautiful Golden Eagle
spotted flying over the trees then diving low over the field that is to the
right just as you reach the dam. We also had about 50 kettling black and
turkey vultures playing in the wind. They would rise high on a thermal, set
into a dive for about 1/2 mile, then let the wind blow them back to their
starting point and do it all over again. As we left going up Hwy 41 we
spotted a Bald Eagle low over the highway.

Water fowl were not too impressive with 100+ coots, about 25 Pied-billed
Grebes, 7 DC Cormorants, 6 mallards, numerous great blue herons.

At Raccoon Mtn we had 2 bald eagles and 2 broad-winged hawks just before the
rain set in for about 30 minutes. The 2 BE's seemed to be resident birds
while the bw's were migrating.

All in all a great day out in Marion County.
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Bill Holt
Chattanooga, TN


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