[TN-Bird] Gibson County Lake waterfowl
- From: "Mark Greene" <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> (Redacted sender "greenesnake@xxxxxxxxx" for DMARC)
- To: TN-Birds Bird <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 5 Nov 2014 22:13:50 +0000 (UTC)
I visited Gibson County Lake this afternoon and there was a huge raft of ducks
(~10,000) on the lake! The vast majority were Lesser Scaup but there were some
other species mixed in. I visited the lake last Friday and had zero ducks here
so this is a big change from last week!
Gibson County Lake, Gibson County
Nov 5, 2014 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
21 species
Gadwall - 250
American Wigeon - 3
Mallard - 100
Northern Shoveler - 12
Northern Pintail - 5
Green-winged Teal - 25
Canvasback - 5
Redhead - 4
Ring-necked Duck - 150
Greater Scaup - 10 (At least 10 were seen in flight with large flocks of
Lesser Scaup. Diagnostic wing pattern was noted...white stripes in the wings
extended all the way onto the primary feathers.)
Lesser Scaup - 9500
Hooded Merganser - 1
Ruddy Duck - 4
Common Loon - 1
Pied-billed Grebe - 2
Double-crested Cormorant - 1
Great Blue Heron - 2
Bald Eagle - 1
American Coot - 50
Killdeer - 8
Belted Kingfisher - 2
Waterfowl migration is in full swing!
Good birding!
Mark GreeneTrenton, TNGibson County
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