[TN-Bird] Re: Dyson Ditch Wildlife Refuge Cheatham Co.

  • From: "Mathis" <weer@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <lydap@xxxxxxxxxxx>, "Jcoffroth@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <jcoffroth@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sun, 8 Mar 2015 19:23:55 -0400

Lovely, never seen them.

Cecelia in NC

From: Lyda Phillips 
Sent: Sunday, March 08, 2015 6:58 PM
To: Jcoffroth@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ; tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
Subject: [TN-Bird] Re: Dyson Ditch Wildlife Refuge Cheatham Co.

    Thanks Jim, I went out there this afternoon and did find the pelicans. 
Everyone was talking about them. Lovely. First in the state sighting for me. 






    

Lyda Phillips
(301) 518-7538 (cell)
www.lydaphillips.com
writerworking.blogspot.com/



> Subject: [TN-Bird] Dyson Ditch Wildlife Refuge Cheatham Co. 
> From: Jcoffroth@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Sat, 7 Mar 2015 22:32:53 -0600
> To: tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> 
> 
> Today at Dyson Ditch the usual abundance of Canadian geese and a variety of 
> ducks (Including a couple dozen Canvasbacks) and gulls were present and quite 
> active. Also 4 groups of Sandhill Cranes, consisting of 200-300+ total, flew 
> over headed north. That's a lovely sound. An adult bald eagle was perched in 
> the vicinity of the Pardue Pond eagle nest. This is on the south side of the 
> Cumberland River near the inlet to the Dyson Ditch WR. The abandoned Eagle 
> Pass nest in Dyson Ditch WR is gone, a casualty of February's ice storms. 
> 40-50 American White Pelicans were resting throughout the back water area. A 
> red-shouldered and a broad-winged hawk were seen too. 
> The snow has melted and the Best viewing is from the Cumberland River 
> Bicentennial Trail via the Eagle Pass trail head off of Chapmansboro Rd. 
> 
> Jim Coffroth
> Chapmansboro, TN
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