[TN-Bird] Sage Thrasher, MacGillivray's, Surf Scoter!

From: JanKShaw@xxxxxxx
To: tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2003 18:55:48 EST

What a day!  Four of us from Nashville made the trip to Knoxville this 
morning to see the Sage Thrasher.  What wonderful looks we had for an hour as 
it sat 
up in a bare tree for all to see through bins, scopes, and video cameras.  
Thanks so much to Susan for finding this rarity, and for sharing it with all of 
us.  And thanks to Marcia for getting the permission for us to be able to 
tromp around on private property.
We got back to Nashville about 4:30 so I decided to check on "my" 
MacGillivray's at Radnor Lake before it got dark.  As I got up to the bridge 
over the 
spillway, I spotted a juvenile Surf Scoter just out 50 feet!  I watched it for 
a 
while and got some video, walked across the bridge, and heard the 
MacGillivray's chipping away along the fence line.  I saw it go from bush to 
bush in front 
of the ranger's house and then down toward the water.

After watching the scoter until it got dark, I walked back to my car with a 
pair of Great Horned Owls serenading me.

Isn't birding grand!  What's next?

Jan Shaw
Nashville, TN


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[TN-Bird] Sage Thrasher, MacGillivray's, Surf Scoter!

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