[TN-Bird] Re: Brown Booby - Directions
- From: Michael Todd <birder1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, kbreault@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 12 Aug 2012 07:02:25 -0700 (PDT)
All,
No news of the Booby yet today, but I made the trip over yesterday. This is a
fairly small lake, but the Booby can be out of sight for prolonged periods of
time if it chooses a perch in one of the various coves around the lake. But,
eventually it seems to come back to the boat dock of the home owners who
reported it, or the dock right across the water from them. This is an
outstanding opportunity to get some nice (as in less than 20 feet when it is at
dock of owner) looks at this great bird. When I first arrived it spent two
hours just sitting there on the roof of the dock, watching us watch it....We
were lucky enough yesterday to have someone with a pontoon boat offer to take
us out and get some really nice looks at it during one of the times it was gone
from its usual perch.
This place is one that there is no easy way to get there....I followed my gps
and took the Rushing Rd (the gravel one mentioned in the email Kevin forwarded)
and had no issues, it is just a fairly rough gravel road you are on for 4 or 5
miles, nothing major though.
Hope this bird hangs around for others to enjoy, I will post some photos soon,
it is a striking adult (male I believe by the amount of slate color around the
eye, haven't researched this though). Some very nice photos have already been
posted to the ARBirds list.
Good Birding!!
Mike Todd
McKenzie, TN
birder1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
www.pbase.com/mctodd
--- On Sat, 8/11/12, kbreault <kbreault@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
From: kbreault <kbreault@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [TN-Bird] Re: Brown Booby - Directions
To: tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Saturday, August 11, 2012, 8:49 AM
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
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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