[TN-Bird] Tri-colored Herons - TN and KY
- From: OLCOOT1@xxxxxxx
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- Date: Sun, 21 Aug 2005 23:55:24 EDT
August 20-21, 2005
Everett Lake, Dyer Co.TN
Lake 9, Fulton Co. KY
Late Saturday, while heading north up the Great River Road, I saw strings of
Great Egrets with a few Snowys heading to roost. When I got to the barrow
ditch, I noted they were going in two directions. About 300 of these birds
were
heading across the road and looked like they were going into Moss Island
Refuge. I passed on that, as Moss Island is the worst place for mosquitoes
that
I have ever been in my life. The other Egrets were heading north and I
figured they might be heading to Everett Lake just north of Heloise.
The birds were streaming into to the south end of Everett and I snuck down
into the willows and started scanning and counting. After counting 900 Great
Egrets and 600 Snowy's with more falling in , I concentrated on the small
adult Little Blues and shortly found an adult Tri-colored and then another
standing no more than 10 feet away from the first. Later scanning the other
flocks
coming in, I had an immature Tri-colored. At 8 PM the night shift came on and
the mosquitoes all of a sudden decided I was the best bet for dinner, I
barely made it out and I'm probably a quart low today.
Sunday, I saw probably one of the adults at White Lake Refuge which also has
little water and no shorebird habitat. I had 21 Blue-winged Teal swing in
while I was there and scared a lone American Coot out of his cover.
At 11:30, I was at Lake 9 in Kentucky just north of the TN line, at the
Mississippi River and found an immature Tri-colored plus a second immature
feeding not too far from the first. I was able to get ID shots thru the heat
shimmer of both birds. There were also 6 Buff-breasted Sandpipers feeding in
with 9
other species of shorebirds and 7 Blue-winged Teal. That lake will be dry
before next weekend without a good rain.
Good Birding!!!
Jeff R. Wilson
OL'COOT / TLBA
Bartlett, TN
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