You can contact Clayton Ferrell at the refuge if you would like, but I suspect the banding is done. It is worth checking pools 1 and 2 during the day as it has been seen there, but it is hit or miss. Good luck. Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE Smartphone ----- Reply message ----- From: "Lyda Phillips" <lydap@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: "jwalk821@xxxxxxxxxxx" <jwalk821@xxxxxxxxxxx>, "tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: [TN-Bird] Re: Wood Stork @ Duck River Date: Thu, Aug 28, 2014 2:43 PM I am heading to Memphis tomorrow and am going to the Duck River Unit on my way. I saw earlier advice about duck banding, etc. Is there anything like that going on that I should avoid? All these directions for spotting the wood stork are great but I'm not counting on it since I won't be there late enough to see it return to roost. Lyda Phillips (301) 518-7538 (cell) www.lydaphillips.com writerworking.blogspot.com/ Date: Sun, 24 Aug 2014 14:04:17 -0500 Subject: [TN-Bird] Wood Stork @ Duck River From: jwalk821@xxxxxxxxxxx To: tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Thanks to some directions from Ruben Stoll, my dad, my brother, and I refound the Wood Stork at TN NWR - Duck River unit in Humphreys County yesterday (8-23-14). It seems like the most reliable way to see the bird is by waiting for it at its roost at the pump station. Walk the pump station levee for approximately two miles until you reach the first gravel road on the left. Take this gravel road for about two hundred yards for the best view of the egret roost in the cypresses on the right. The bird showed up at 7:35 PM, coming in low to the water from the left. If you never saw the bird fly in, definitely scan the egret flock. While your chances of seeing this bird here are almost certain, the bad thing is that even with brisk walking you'll arrive back in the parking lot at dark. Other birds of note:57 Caspian Terns11 Forster's Terns1 Sandhill Crane (blue goose loop)5 Spotted Sandpipers3 Solitary Sandpipers1 Snowy Egret (flyover in main refuge area)good numbers of swallows including Bank, Tree, Barn, and N. Rough-winged Swallows and Purple Martin. Chloe WalkerMurfreesboro, TN