[TN-Bird] Re: Eagle Bend - Little Blue Heron
- From: "Ron Hoff" <aves7000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "Karen Wilkinson" <karenlwilk@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2013 13:43:20 -0400
Karen and all,
Dollyann and I went back out early this morning (8 am) and we found 5 Great
Egrets (a new high total for us at this location) along with the Little Blue
Heron.
In addition we also had 6 Black-crowned Night-Herons, 3 Great Blue herons, and
8 Green Herons (several juveniles).
No shorebirds were seen today other than Killdeer, but they will be draining
ponds in the next few weeks and that should attract shorebirds and other
interesting birds.
Best time to go, as with most birding, would be first thing in the morning. I
think they open the gates there during the week at 7 am. The manager usually
leaves the gate open on Saturdays as well, but since Saturday is NOT normal
business hours, the gate might not be open that early, and possibly will be
closed, depending on if he has to leave the grounds for something (I’m talking
about Saturday here). Sunday is almost always closed.
Great birding,
Ron Hoff & Dollyann Myers
Clinton, TN
From: Karen Wilkinson
Sent: Wednesday, July 10, 2013 10:28 AM
To: aves7000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [TN-Bird] Eagle Bend - Little Blue Heron
Hi Ron, what's the best time of day to go there?
Sent from my iPhone
On Jul 9, 2013, at 10:05 PM, Ron Hoff <aves7000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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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