[TN-Bird] Old Hickory Lake
- From: Oeserscave@xxxxxxx
- To: tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2005 20:56:25 EDT
With some time on my hands early this afternoon, I went to Old Hickory Lake
in Sumner county, Hendersonville, Tennessee to check for the gulls and terns
found Saturday in the Nashville bird count that I had missed due to being out
of
town.
I followed Chris's directions to the rookery, which I viewed from the
Neighborhood Conservation Area, 3 miles south of Gallatin Road on Sanders Ferry
Road,
at a small parking area on the left side of the road. The rookery is visible
from the shore here, and lots of Double-Crested Cormorants were visible, with
some Pied-Billed Grebes a lot closer. I spotted some gulls, but nothing
special at first. Then I spotted two FORSTERS TERNS flying about, diving and
catching small fish which were hitting the water everywhere. After looking at
immature gulls for a while, I noticed a dark head and darker gray back on one
gull on what appears to be an upcoming extension to the Drakes Creek Boat Dock,
just to the right of the rookery islands. This was the FRANKLINS GULL, amidst
a spattering of Ring-Billed Gulls. I watched for a while for it to fly, but
it only walked around a little and then flew into the water just on the other
side of the structure and out of sight.
Ken Oeser
Hendersonville, TN
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