[TN-Bird] Red-necked Grebe - Thayer's Gull

From: OLCOOT1@xxxxxxx
To: tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, missbird@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2011 09:46:58 -0500 (EST)
Feb. 23, 2011
Robco Lake
Shelby Co. TN
Landfill - Tunica, Co. MS
 
Spent the morning with Gail King and we finally found the  Red-necked 
Grebe' sleeping among the hordes of ducks and Ring-billed Gulls. I  was able to 
get better views in the afternoon but still a difficult find when  sleeping 
on the other side of the lake. The extensive wing molt should keep this  fine 
bird around for a few more days but every once and awhile it tests the new  
flight feathers with some heavy wing flapping.
 
We made a quick trip 20 miles south and searched around the  landfill in 
Tunica Co. There are less than a third of the gulls there now than  even last 
weekend, evidently most have headed north. We could only find 2  immature 
Herrings and a single THAYER'S Gull among the few thousand Ring-bills.  I 
later saw 7 Western Meadowlarks off of Buck Island Road and some of the young  
birds were practicing and singing partial songs.  
Jeff R. Wilson / TLBA
6300 Memphis-Arlington Road
Bartlett,  TN  38135
http://www.pbase.com/ol_coot/
What is this feathered thing  that  lifts my heart to the  heavens.


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