Laura- I spent about an hour on Tim's Ford in the boat the weekend before last (1/31) and did find a pair of White-wings (attached) amongst the common loons, though we were hoping for a red-throated. Hopefully there are still some scoters about in your neck of the woods! Ed > From: laurajmccall@xxxxxxx > Subject: [TN-Bird] Woods Reservoir, Feb 8, 2014 and incidental Bald Eagle > near Tullahoma > Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2014 20:36:56 -0600 > To: tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > I spent a short time birding with the family at Woods Reservoir (Franklin > County) on Saturday, February 8. I did NOT see any scoters, although that is > what I really wanted, but we still had some nice birds. Below is the eBird > report. > > Also, on the way into Tullahoma (Coffee County) on Sunday, I was surprised to > see a Bald Eagle perched in a tree near the highway. It was on the outskirts > of town (west side) in Cumberland Springs. > > Laura McCall > Lynchburg (Moore County) > > > > Woods Reservoir, Franklin, US-TN > > Feb 8, 2014 11:50 AM - 12:20 PM > > Protocol: Traveling > > 2.0 mile(s) > > Comments: I did not check out the gulls very well. Some were surely > > different but I have never learned how to distinguish them so I'm just > > calling them all Ring-billed. <br />Submitted from BirdLog NA for iOS, > > version 1.5.2 > > 20 species > > > > Mallard 2 > > Lesser Scaup 8 > > Bufflehead 25 > > Common Goldeneye 8 > > Hooded Merganser 12 > > Ruddy Duck 17 > > Common Loon 3 > > Pied-billed Grebe 6 > > Red-necked Grebe 1 Similar markings to Horned (dark overall but with > > white front and white collar) but much larger and with more substantial > > bill. Longer,straighter neck than loon, and no neck ring. > > Eared Grebe 3 Had nice looks from relatively close distance from the > > rear to see the wide black stripe separating the 'ears' > > Great Blue Heron 1 > > American Coot 35 > > Ring-billed Gull 50 > > Belted Kingfisher 2 > > Red-headed Woodpecker 1 > > Blue Jay 5 > > American Crow 6 > > Carolina Chickadee 2 > > American Robin 35 > > Dark-eyed Junco 2 > > > > View this checklist online at > > http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S16849619 > > > > This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org) > > ======OTES TO SUBSCRIBER======= > > The TN-Bird Net requires you to SIGN YOUR MESSAGE with > first and last name, CITY (TOWN) and state abbreviation. > You are also required to list the COUNTY in which the birds > you report were seen. The actual DATE OF OBSERVATION should > appear in the first paragraph. > _____________________________________________________________ > To post to this mailing list, simply send email to: > tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx. > _____________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, send email to: > tn-bird-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field. > ______________________________________________________________ > TN-Bird Net is owned by the Tennessee Ornithological Society > Neither the society(TOS) nor its moderator(s) > endorse the views or opinions expressed > by the members of this discussion group. > > Moderator: Wallace Coffey, Bristol, TN > wallace@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > ------------------------------ > Assistant Moderator Andy Jones > Cleveland, OH > ------------------------------- > Assistant Moderator Dave Worley > Rosedale, VA > -------------------------------- > Assistant Moderator Chris O'Bryan > Clemson, SC > __________________________________________________________ > > Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society > web site at http://www.tnbirds.org > * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * > > ARCHIVES > TN-Bird Net Archives at //www.freelists.org/archives/tn-bird/ > > MAP RESOURCES > Tenn.Counties Map at http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/states/tennessee3.gif > Aerial photos to complement google maps http://local.live.com > > _____________________________________________________________ > >
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