[TN-Bird] Re: Brown Booby - Directions
- From: kbreault <kbreault@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 11 Aug 2012 06:49:27 -0700 (PDT)
TN Birders:
If you have not yet heard there is a Brown Booby in AR (first for the state).
Here are directions from Dan Scheiman on ARBIRD.
Kevin Breault
Brentwood
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From: Dan Scheiman <birddan@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: ARBIRD-L@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Fri, August 10, 2012 11:19:03 PM
Subject: Brown Booby - Directions
A few birders have had trouble finding the location this evening. Although the
mailing address is Alexander, it turns out Lake Norell is actually far to the
north and west of that town. Also, while Google Maps and my Garmin took me to
the house (made earier to find by all our friends' cars parked there), don't
follow those directions if coming from Little Rock. Google will take you on a
long, winding, hilly, gravel logging road (Rushing Rd.). The preferred road is
still long, winding, and hilly, but paved - we all learned this from the
homeowners and took the paved road out.
From Little Rock, take I-440 to the Colonel Glenn exit. Take Col Glenn west a
short way and turn left onto Lawson Rd. Take Lawson a long way (15 mi?),
staying on it as it becomes East Lawson, then West Lawson. Lawson ends at a
fork
- take the right (west) fork to Lake Norell Rd. Close to the lake it
intersects
with two roads - turn right onto Lake Norell Dr. Follow Lake Norell Dr. as it
winds north around the eastern north-south finger of Lake Norell. After Lake
Norell Dr. turns south for a short stretch, stay straight onto N. Lake Dr.
rather than follow Lake Norell Dr. as it turns north again. N. Lake Dr.
becomes
Eagle Nest. Follow Eagle Nest past Crappie,Hoot Owl, Trout, Chickadee, and
Fawn
Trail. The house, 17007, is on the left just before Eagle Nest makes one final
turn to the right and downhill to its terminus. It has a rough, dirt
semi-circular driveway.
On the left side of the house is a waist-high white gate. From there go behind
the house and you'll see deeply cut, steep stone stairs that lead down to the
dock. If the bird is stilling on the dock roof you'll see it from the stairs,
or you'll see its whitewash if it isn't there, on the far left corner of the
dock roof. The homeowners, Pat and Vickie Martin, know that birders are
coming. I don't know their schedule tomorrow, but it may be polite to knock
first.
Dan Scheiman
Little Rock, AR
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