[TN-Bird] Red-throated Loons and Surf Scoter - Hamilton County

  • From: David Hollie <featherbrain1223@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2009 19:11:49 -0500

Today my dad and I made a quick stop by Chickamauga Dam to see if the Surf
Scoter was still present. It was easily seen, in fact I found it easily with
a quick scan of the binoculars and got great scope views. The only other
birds of note while there were several Common Goldeneyes and 8 Bufflehead.
Also looking east towards Booker T. Washington I saw a loon that looked like
a Pacific but it was so far off it was hard to tell. I have a photo of it on
my flickr and would appreciate any comments on the ID.Afterwards we made a
quick run by Booker T. Washington State Park where after a few minutes of
scanning I found the 2 Red-throated Loons. They were side-by-side to start
with but later spread out. They were extremely far away, I couldn't even see
them with binoculars but I could get pretty good views through the scope at
60x! The only other birds of note were 30+ Common Goldeneye, 40+ Horned
Grebe, and 25+ Common Loon.
Here is the link to the photos:
http://flickr.com/photos/30572572@N04/

Good Birding!

David Hollie
Ringgold, GA
Caatoosa Co.


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