[TN-Bird] TVA / Robco Lakes - Male and female L-t Ducks and Scoters + Tunica Co. MS
- From: OLCOOT1@xxxxxxx
- To: tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, missbird@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 4 Jan 2009 20:43:20 EST
In a message dated 1/4/2009 7:40:00 A.M. Central Standard Time, OL COOT 1
writes:
Looks like the scoters and Long-tailed Ducks have moved on south.
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Jan. 4, 2009
TVA and Robco Lakes
Shelby Co. TN
You just can't predict what you think has happened or what is going to
happen at these two lakes. Last week, we made numerous trips to TVA and Robco
with
Paul Lehman looking for birds to tick off the Big Ticker's list but could
not find diddly at these lakes.
Yesterday, NADA! But today, after an hour's wait, in dropped a molting,
winter plumaged, male LONG-TAILED DUCK, my first adult male in years. Shortly
another big flight of scaup splashed down, in that group was an immature SURF
SCOTER and within 3 feet bobbed a female BLACK SCOTER......duh!!
It started to rain after a long wait for a White-winged to show ( can't
blame me for wishing) but no deal, so I went to Robco Lake. Here, I started
the
long scans among the huge number of ducks and soon, bam - a female LONG-TAILED
DUCK!! The 4th Long-tail I've found for the season here in Shelby Co, three
distinctly different females and this male. I gave up in the rain and headed
south to Tunica County.
The dump is closed on Sunday but a few gulls still hang around the site;
except for a few Herring Gulls all the others were Ring-billed. The rain
became
steady and I headed up to Arkabutla Dam. Here, I located 4 Laughers and then
a FRANKLIN'S GULL at the spillway, one of only a few winter records I've had
for the TN/MS area !
Today's Photos start at: _http://www.pbase.com/ol_coot/image/107804585_
(http://www.pbase.com/ol_coot/image/107804585)
Good Birding !!!
Jeff R. Wilson / TLBA
6300 Memphis-Arlington Road
Bartlett, TN 38135
http://www.pbase.com/ol_coot/
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