[TN-Bird] Common Moorhen
- From: "tom howe" <blountbirder@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 26 Feb 2012 22:10:16 -0500
Feb 26, 2012
Blount Co.
This afternoon at some marshy ponds on private property downstream from my
house I had a COMMON MOORHEN. It shared a small pond bordered by a cattail
marsh with 9 hostile Coot. So far I've found mention of very few winter
records for this species in TN. I bird this area every week or so and do
believe it is a new arrival and not previously overlooked. In addition there
are still 1 Sora and 2 Marsh Wrens present. Gadwall at 27 and Green-winged
Teal at 36 were both high numbers for the winter. An Orange-crowned Warbler
made a brief appearance, hawking for insects. It was a chilly day in the
morning, but calm and balmy in the afternoon. I saw one butterfly (Clouded
Sulfur) and 2 damselflies (Fragile Forktails). Spring is indeed on it's way.
Good birding,
Tom Howe
Alcoa
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