[TN-Bird] Re: American Golden-Plover - Eagle Bend hatchery
- From: Carole Gobert <cpgobert@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: Ron Hoff <aves7000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Tennessee Bird List <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 5 Sep 2013 15:45:33 -0400
I went to the hatchery this afternoon in search of the American Golden Plovers
and they were right where Ron said they were. I couldn't believe I found them
so easily. They were with about 8 killdeers in the tall grass field on the
left just past the headquarters. I eventually drove on and a few minutes
later about 20 Killdeer and the plovers flew past me and landed on a grassy
strip between two ponds on the left. From my car with binoculars I got even
better looks at the plovers than I had with my scope when they were in the
field. I was close enough to photograph one. I had tried at least one other
year to find one at Eagle Bend after it was reported there but without success.
Thanks, Ron, for posting. Life Bird!
Before stopping by the hatchery I had been to the Songbird Trail below Norris
Dam (Anderson County). Migration is underway. I had 7 warbler species, I
believe, the best being Canada and Blue-winged. Most of them were a short
distance from the parking lot in the trees along the river just before you get
to the stairs that lead down to the water.
Carole Gobert, Knoxville
From: aves7000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
To: tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [TN-Bird] American Golden-Plover - Eagle Bend hatchery
Date: Wed, 4 Sep 2013 21:16:37 -0400
TN-birders,
Dollyann and I went out to the Eagle Bend fish hatchery (on the east side
of Clinton, Anderson Co.) this morning to see if any shorebirds were around. As
you are driving into the hatchery there is a large grassy area on your left,
where they recently cut the long grass and rolled it into hay bales. Three
American Golden-Plovers were in the grass, along with some
Killdeer and Rock Pigeons, feeding on something in the grass. While we were
watching, all the birds got up and left. The reason was a juvenile Cooper’s
Hawk
that came in and landed on one of the bales. We re-found the plovers a bit
later
in one of the grassy strips between some of the ponds on the left side of the
main road.
We also saw 1 Least Sandpiper, a juvenile Red-shouldered Hawk, an Osprey,
and a couple of Belted Kingfishers.
Great birding,
Ron Hoff & Dollyann Myers
Clinton, TN
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