[TN-Bird] Re: Eagle Bend - Little Blue Heron
- From: Mark Labig <marklabig@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "kde@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <kde@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2013 14:04:49 -0400
My wife, sons, and I also made the trip to Eagle Bend this morning around
10:30am for the Little Blue and saw a similar number of Greens, Great
Egrets, and Black-crowned Night Herons. Thanks for the heads up, Ron!
Mark Labig
Jefferson City, TN
On Wednesday, July 10, 2013, wrote:
>
> Also important is that posted closing time for Eagle Bend is 4:30PM as I
> recall.
>
> Dean Edwards
> Knoxville, TN
>
>
>
> On Wed, 10 Jul 2013, Ron Hoff wrote:
>
> > 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 <javascript:;>
> > 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<javascript:;>>
> 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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