[TN-Bird] NTOS Percy Priest Lake field trip Sat. 2/19

From: Rconnorsphoto@xxxxxxx
To: TN-Bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2011 14:23:36 EST
This Saturday Feb. 19, there will be field trip to birding sites on Percy  
Priest Lake, in Nashville. 
Meeting time: 7:30 AM Adventure Science Museum lower parking lot, or  8:00 
AM at the dam upper parking lot. We will check sites around the western  
part of the lake to include: the dam area, Anderson Rd, Hamilton Creek, and  
Cook Rec areas, and end up at Long Hunter State Park about 12 noon. All  
welcome
 
Leader: Richard Connors, Nashville TN (615) 330-7142
 
See below brief report of scouting visit 2/15. 
 
Tuesday loons outnumbered gulls on the lake, with aprox. total 120 Com  
Loons seen at all stops. Even considering mid-day visit Ring-billed gull  
numbers seemed down, and no Bonaparte's or Herring were seen. A  late-day visit 
might turn up numbers still roosting. Even on the east end at  Fall 
Creek/Spring Creek, where Bonaparte's usually outnumber ringers, none were  
seen, and 
at Lamar Hill where a few Herring Gulls can usually be  found in winter, 
none were seen. Maybe winter's over?
 All loons seen well were in some stage of transition, some mottled  and a 
few near breeding condition. So maybe Saturday we will see at least one in  
breeding plumage.
 At Long Hunter SP a few Hooded Mergansers (8) were seen at the  usual site 
on Couchville Lake.
 
RHC
 

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