[TN-Bird] Scoters at Norris Dam

From: "Robin Barrow" <braveladyrobin@xxxxxxxxx>
To: TN-Bird <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2008 12:11:33 -0500
After the KTOS outing at Eagle Bend Fish Hatchery this morning, 5 KTOS
members stopped at the Weir Dam to see two very obliging scoters. They
were diving right in front of the pier for about 30 minutes, around 11
a.m. I saw white on the wings of one very quickly, but no one else
did; I was becoming convinced both were Surf Scoters and I had merely
imagined the white. Both are sooty, with dark eyes, and both have two
whitish face patches, though one has a more vertical patch (lores)
than the other. We stared and stared, but no one else saw the white.
Finally they preened, and then we had excellent views of the white
secondaries of the White-winged Scoter. The other bird did not reveal
any white in its wings, and it's the one with the vertical loral
patch, so we believe it was the Surf Scoter. Carole Gobert got some
pictures.

Two Ring-necked Ducks were also present, as well as many Canada Geese.

Robin Barrow
Knox Co.
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