[TN-Bird] Eagle Bend - Little Blue Heron
- From: "Ron Hoff" <aves7000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "TN-bird" <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 9 Jul 2013 22:05:02 -0400
TN-birders,
Dollyann and I made a quick run out to Eagle Bend fish hatchery, in Anderson
County, this afternoon to see if any interesting birds had showed up. They had.
We found 4 Great Egrets (which ties our all-time high number here) and also we
found a juvenile Little Blue Heron. This individual is all white with a
bi-colored beak and only half the size of the Great Egrets. We have only ever
had 1 other Little Blue Heron record here at the hatchery.
Also of interest was 95 Killdeer, a Spotted Sandpiper, and 1 Least Sandpiper.
There are a couple of drained ponds and this is the time of the year when
shorebirds begin returning south, so it should be interesting over the next 2
1/2 months out there, especially if some of the ponds remained drained and
moist.
Great birding,
Ron Hoff & Dollyann Myers
Clinton, TN
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