[TN-Bird] Tva Lake TN- Tunica Co. MS

From: OLCOOT1@xxxxxxx
To: tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, missbird@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2005 07:07:11 EST
Jan. 16, 2005
TVA Lake
Shelby Co. TN
Tunica Co. MS
 
 
In Tunica Co, I started out by lucking up on the hunting Rough-legged  Hawk 
just before it circled high and headed off in the same direction to the  
southeast as on Saturday and it kept going out of sight. I had great close ups  
on 
Saturday in the scope and all field marks and eye color still says this bird  
is an adult female. Females do not normally come this far south and can be  
difficult to tell apart from the immature males which show medium brown  eyes.
 
The wind on Saturday had been brisk and chilling but Sunday it was cutting  
and brutal. The gull scanning was much harder because of HEAT waves but I was  
able to locate both immature Lesser Black-backed Gulls and the first year  
Thayer's. The 2nd winter Thayer's and California Gulls I'm sure are still in 
the  
mix but it is a big area and tons of birds to look through.
 
I spent a lot of time sitting in the truck scopeing the Laps and Horned  
Larks at 3 locations, but could not dig out anything of interest. The  Lapland 
males were stunning as they wear into their breeding uniforms.
 
Gene and Shannon Knight were looking for the California Gull and finally  
gave up and we parted only to have Gene call shortly and say that they had a  
Red-necked Grebe down off Fish Lake Road. I finally made it down but could  not 
find the bird at first and I was just overlooking it as it was hugging  the 
shoreline. Gene took some great photos of the unexpected immature  visitor 
which 
I'm sure will be posted.
 
At last light, I made it back by TVA Lake and in close, sleeping with a  
group of Greater Scaup, was the Surf Scoter. There were very few scaup on the  
lake at that time but they started falling in shortly and the 50 plus  
Ring-billed Gulls left to go to roost.  
Good  Birding!!!

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



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