[TN-Bird] Duck River Bottoms
- From: Cynthia Routledge <routledges@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: TN-Bird Listserv <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 26 Jun 2011 22:26:33 -0500
Sunday, June 26, 2011
Duck River Bottoms
New Johnsonville, TN
Evening Lister...
Today Steve and decided to throw caution to the wind and head over to The
Duck River Bottoms in hopes the predicted "strong storms" didn't happen. We're
glad to say it turned out to be a good decision and a good birdie day. We had
48 species...highlights included well over 100 Great Blue Herons and Great
Egrets, 4 Bald Eagles including one mature adult walking the edge of a pool.
Healthy populations of Common Yellowthroats, Indigo Buntings and Prothonotary
Warblers. Two pleasant surprises were a Kentucky Warbler and a Warbling Vireo
as well as one lone White Pelican sitting with a Double-Crested Cormorant on a
stump in the The Tennessee River. But unfortunately we never saw the Sandhill
Cranes that were reported early last week.
We hung out till well after the dinner hour and ushered in what turned out to
be a beautiful sunset. Another great day at the Duck River Bottoms!
Until next time,
Happy birding!
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/ |` Cyndi and Steve Routledge
Clarksville, TN
"When one tugs at a single thing in Nature,
he finds it attached to the rest of the world."
~John Muir
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