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!important; } Lower Blue Basin, Reelfoot Lake, Obion County
There has been a major influx of waterfowl and and other water birds at
Reelfoot Lake with the recent cold front. I added several species as count week
birds that we missed on the CBC on Saturday. Here's my eBird checklist:
Reelfoot Lake--Lower Blue Basin (Obion County), Obion, Tennessee, US
Dec 20, 2016 10:05 AM - 4:05 PM
Protocol: Traveling
2.0 mile(s)
Comments: Joined by Ruben & Victor Stoll after lunch.
50 species:
Snow Goose 350
Ross's Goose 2
Canada Goose 3
Wood Duck 2
Gadwall 3500
Eurasian Wigeon 1 Male, photographed.
American Wigeon 300 300
American Black Duck 2
Mallard 10000 10k
Northern Shoveler 60
Northern Pintail 35
Green-winged Teal 325
Canvasback 250 250
Redhead 38
Ring-necked Duck 4000 4000
Greater Scaup 6
Lesser Scaup 3000
Surf Scoter 1 Female type with dark cap, vertical white patch at base of
bill, light ear patch, dark overall plumage.
White-winged Scoter 3 One young male and two winter plumaged female birds.
I photographed the male.
Black Scoter 1 Female with dark cap & back of head, light face and sides of
neck, and dark gray overall plumage.
Long-tailed Duck 1 Adult female in winter plumage, seen in flight. White
belly with completely dark back and wings, brown breast, white head/face with
dark brown patch on upper neck.
Bufflehead 350 350
Common Goldeneye 7 7
Hooded Merganser 96 96
Common Merganser 1 Female seen with Red-breasted Mergs. This bird was
slightly larger with a more rounded head that lacked the shaggy crest. Head
color was darker brown and Bill was a brighter orange color. This bird also had
a clean white throat that contrasted with the brown head and gray body plumage.
Red-breasted Merganser 14 14
Ruddy Duck 2000
Common Loon 1
Pied-billed Grebe 34
Horned Grebe 12
Red-necked Grebe 1 First winter bird. Larger than nearby Horned Grebe, with
heavy yellow bill, angled downward slightly. Overall plumage was dusky gray
with a pale ear patch.
Double-crested Cormorant 23
American White Pelican 275
Great Blue Heron 2
Bald Eagle 17
American Coot 50
Bonaparte's Gull 55
Ring-billed Gull 200
Herring Gull 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 2
Eastern Phoebe 1
Carolina Chickadee 8
Tufted Titmouse 3
Red-breasted Nuthatch 1
White-breasted Nuthatch 3
Brown Creeper 1
Winter Wren 2
Golden-crowned Kinglet 3
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 3
White-throated Sparrow 2
View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S33115090
This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org)
Good birding!
Mark GreeneTrenton, TN
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