[TN-Bird] Anderson County Adventures - Part 2

From: Carole Gobert <cpgobert@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: Tennessee Bird List <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 19 Oct 2009 20:07:42 -0400
So on my way home from Norris I stopped at the Eagle Bend Fish Hatchery in 
Clinton (Anderson County) at 3:40 pm.  More excitement.  I had just barely 
gotten started when a flock of small birds flew into one of the drained ponds 
on the left.  There was still some water in it and in the one behind it.  I 
stopped the car and looked. Noticed two little birds bobbing their tails.  Palm 
Warblers, I thought.  But no, they didn't look like Palm Warblers.  Could they 
be pipits?  YES.  I checked my field guide and found I was looking at a life 
bird, actually 9 American Pipits.  They weren't too spooked when I quietly got 
out of the car and set up my scope.  Great looks at them.

 

I eventually continued driving past the ponds on the left and in another one 
found a large plover.  Now I know that American Golden Plovers have been seen 
here a couple of times recently, and I sure wanted it to be an American Golden 
Plover which would be another life bird. But I'm pretty sure it was a 
Black-Bellied Plover.  It  had a white belly, streaking on its breast and 
sides, a pale crown, and it looked noticeably larger than the nearby Killdeer.  
Finally made it to the upper pond to check out the waterfowl.  Several 
Green-winged Teal, including a breeding plumaged male, 120 Mallards (but who's 
counting), a few Canada Geese and what I'm pretty sure were 5 Dowitchers sewing 
in the shallow end.  I ran out of time before I could look too closely up there 
and I never did make it to the back of the hatchery.

 

Other notable birds were a Green Heron (same pond as the plover), an American 
Coot and a few Tree and Barn Swallows.

 

Carole Gobert, Knoxville, Knox County, TN
                                          
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