[TN-Bird] TVA Lake-Robco Lake - Tunica Co.

From: OLCOOT1@xxxxxxx
To: tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, missbird@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 2009 23:34:48 EST
Dec. 29, 2009
TVA - Robco Lake
Shelby Co. TN
Tunica Co. MS
 
Had a few hours to waste after some early morning work, so off to look  
through gulls in Tunica Co. The reward was a large number of Ring-bills to sort 
 through. Bad lighting with birds packed tight into shoulder to shoulder 
groups  made for difficult IDs. In among the hordes off of Arkabutla Dam Road, 
were 9  first cycle, 2- 2nd cycle and 3 adult Herring Gulls plus 3 
Bonaparte's. There  was one bird, a 2nd year that had distinct possibilities 
for a 
California but  the birds flushed and the was lost when they settled back to 
the levee. Finally  the waiting was rewarded as the first winter Thayer's 
dropped in and took a bath  before settling in the flock. The next cold front 
should push some of the more  interesting gulls down this way...looking for 
Iceland or something even  better.
 
Off of Hambrick Road, just south of the dump, 7 Western Meadowlarks and 2  
small flocks of Laplands off of Counce Road. Sandhill Cranes were located  
feeding in small groups off Buck Island and again off Highway 3 to the east,  
total 32 birds.
 
I went by Robco and found large numbers of Lesser Scaup with 100+  
Canvasbacks among the ones and twos of other species scattered through the 
large  
blocks of sleeping ducks. A single White Pelican and a dozen DC Cormorant were 
 all I could pick out in the afternoon glare (it is better to bird this 
lake  either very early, very late or when very cloudy)
 
At TVA Lake there were only 61 ducks on the lake and ALL were Greater  
Scaup. Since the construction on TVA Lake the Lesser Scaup seem to have gone to 
 
Robco. Four Pied-billed Grebes, and a few Coots rounded out the afternoon 
list.  
Good Birding  !!!

Jeff R. Wilson / TLBA
6300 Memphis-Arlington Road
Bartlett, TN  38135
http://www.pbase.com/ol_coot/
What is this feathered thing that  lifts my heart to the heavens.



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