[TN-Bird] Reelfoot Lake Region Neotropic Cormorant
- From: "Ken Leggett" <kcleggett@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 7 Jun 2004 20:37:38 -0500
This morning at 9:25 Glen Criswell and I had a Neotropic Cormorant in breeding
plumage and four Double-crested Cormorants perched in a tree beside the
observation tower at White Lake WMA just off Great River Road in Dyer County.
This is about 4 miles from the Mississippi River bridge going into Missouri
from Tennessee.
The birds were no more than 40 yards away and a comparison of field marks
between the two species made it easy to identify the Neotropic.The birds stayed
there until about 10:55 when the Neotropic Cormorant flew east and then north.
Nancy Moore arrived shortly thereafter and we waited for about 30 minutes but
the bird did not return. We came back there about 2:30 and met Mike Todd who
had come over to look for the Neotropic Cormorant. We all stayed until nearly
3:40 and the bird did not return. We will check White Lake again in the
morning to see if the bird is around.
This bird could have been here for sometime because only the fact that these
birds were seen perched in close and in good light enabled us to identify the
two species. There have been 5 and 6 Cormorants seen at White Lake for the
past few weeks and recorded as Double-crested without close inspection.
During the day today the Highway 79 West area was checked out. The River is at
flood stage and there is flooding in some areas. Water is over the road on
Highway 79 about 1.5 miles from the levee. It is passable but fairly high.
The fields west of there are flooded on the right side of the road and the
ponds in the Tumbleweed area have reformed. There is also flooding along side
the TennMo Levee. As this flood water recedes it should provide some good
shorebirding areas in the next few weeks.
We have recorded 4 Hudsonian Godwits at White Lake since May 28. On that date
Glen and I had two in breeding plumage. On June 2 Glen had one Hudsonian in
non-breeding plumage and on June 4 Nancy Moore and I had one in breeding
plumage. As far as we know none of them stayed longer than a day.
We have had a flock of White Pelicans at White Lake over the past few weeks.
Jeff Wilson reported 29 there on Monday the 31st. On June 2 Glen had 123 and
on June 4 Nancy and I had 79. On June 6 Betty and I recorded 136 and today
Glen and I had over 145.
The water level at Black Bayou has been high and we have not had many species
seen there but it is now beginning to recede and some mudflats are now
beginning to appear. The same is also true of the Ibis Hole and Lake #9 in
Fulton County Kentucky.
Ken Leggett
Dyersburg, TN
Dyer County
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