[TN-Bird] Tundra Swan at Lauderdale WR

From: OLCOOT1@xxxxxxx
To: tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Mon, 15 Nov 2004 08:02:41 EST
Nov. 14, 2004
Lauderdale Waterfowl Refuge
Lauderdale Co. TN

I hit the refuge late in the afternoon on Sunday and the first thing I saw 
was a distant large white bird. After I set up my scope I was joined by Glen 
Criswell and he said the bird had been around 3 or 4 days. It is staying in the 
back area and appears to be an adult Tundra.

There were a lot of Greater-white Fronted Geese along with Snows and Blues 
and a couple of Ross's Geese but no Canadas. A total of 17 species of waterfowl 
could be viewed with a few Redhead and Canvasback mixed in with a large number 
of Ring-necked Ducks. 

A couple of Harriers coursed the levees. We had a few Bald Eagles harassing 
the mix along with opportunistic Red-tailed Hawks hanging around the perimeter 
in the trees. One of these was a stunning white Light-morph Harlan's a first 
for Glenn. On the way over from Reelfoot, I had had a close encounter with an 
adult Krider's and a light morph Western Red-tailed Hawk and saw many Harriers 
in the fields as they were harvesting vast fields of soybeans. 


Good Birding!!!

Jeff R. Wilson
OL'COOT / TLBA
Bartlett, TN


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