[TN-Bird] Long-tailed Scoters at Cherokee Dam area
- From: "Ron Hoff" <dollyron@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "TN-BIRD" <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 9 Feb 2003 21:01:59 -0500
Tn-birders,
OK, so I meant to say Long-tailed Ducks AND White-winged Scoters. I got
someone's attention anyway.
My wife and I, along with Frank Bills and Sharon Bostick, went back to Cherokee
Dam today to see if we could find the Long-tailed Ducks and also to try to find
the White-winged Scoters that have been reported recently. We found 5
(previously there have been 4) Long-tailed Ducks and 3 White-winged Scoters.
These were seen from the north end of the dam (the part where earth and rocks
make up the dam, not the concrete dam itself). This is the area where Hamblen,
Grainger, and Jefferson counties come together. If you look at the Tennessee
Gazetteer, page 60, you will see highway 375 marked just above the dam. This is
the area we were looking from. Actually, about 100 feet further north on 375
from where you would normally turn in to park by the big white tanks, is
another gravel road that goes down closer to the lake and you can park and walk
out into the lake on an exposed peninsula (since the water level is low). From
here, we met Robert and Leigh Loveday and were able to see the scoters from
only about 100 yards away. The Long-taileds never got very close, but we could
see them fairly well with a good scope.
Great birding to all,
Ron Hoff
Clinton, Tn.
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