[TN-Bird] Piping Plover, Laughing Gull

From: "Scott Somershoe" <Scott.Somershoe@xxxxxx>
To: "TN-birds" <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2011 14:38:21 -0500
Just a follow up on the Piping Plovers I found this morning on snow bunting 
peninsula at Old Hickory Lake, Davidson Co.  I arrived about 7 am and didn't 
find much of anything noteworthy on the lake, no terns, no shorebirds, etc. so 
I walked the road and found a couple Indigo Buntings, Blackpoll Warbler, and 
plenty of migrants (12 warbler species).

I scanned the peninsula again from a distance and somehow saw one of the pipers 
from 150 yards on the gravel parking area.  I slowly drove down to the 
peninsula and found 2 piping plovers (one male, one female) and a dunlin 
hanging out together.  I was able to get some decent photos from the truck.  At 
some point they flew off for no apparent reason.  I watched the three birds fly 
away over the dam and out of sight.  About 5 min later the birds reappeared and 
stayed on the concrete boat landings.  They spent about 20 min on the nearby 
sandy beach as well.  About 11:30 they flew and I never saw them again.

One of the piping plovers was banded, which I'll submit and hopefully find out 
where it was banded.  

Philip Casteel and I had a fly-by breeding plumage Laughing Gull at about 
10:30, which wasted no time continuing on.  It flew by and was gone.

Great birding!
Scott Somershoe

My eBird list:
Location:     Old Hickory Dam area
Observation date:     4/20/11
Number of species:     61

Canada Goose     3
Mallard     10
Blue-winged Teal     44
Northern Shoveler     75
Wild Turkey     1
Common Loon     3
Pied-billed Grebe     5
Double-crested Cormorant     26
Great Blue Heron     30
Black-crowned Night-Heron     2
Black Vulture     25
American Coot     25
Piping Plover     2
Spotted Sandpiper     1
Solitary Sandpiper (Eastern)     1
Pectoral Sandpiper     1
Dunlin     1
Laughing Gull     1
Ring-billed Gull     70
Caspian Tern     10
Mourning Dove     2
Chimney Swift     16
Ruby-throated Hummingbird     1
Belted Kingfisher     1
Red-bellied Woodpecker     2
Pileated Woodpecker     1
Eastern Kingbird     4
White-eyed Vireo     3
Blue-headed Vireo     1
Red-eyed Vireo     2
Blue Jay     1
Northern Rough-winged Swallow     35
Tree Swallow     100
Barn Swallow     50
Carolina Chickadee     4
Tufted Titmouse     6
Carolina Wren     2
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher     11
Gray Catbird     1
European Starling     6
Blue-winged Warbler     1
Northern Parula     1
Yellow Warbler     1
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)     1
Black-throated Green Warbler     2
Yellow-throated Warbler     1
Palm Warbler     2
Blackpoll Warbler     1
Prothonotary Warbler     1
Kentucky Warbler     1
Common Yellowthroat     1
Yellow-breasted Chat     1
Eastern Towhee     2
Field Sparrow     4
White-throated Sparrow     10
Northern Cardinal     7
Indigo Bunting     2
Common Grackle     4
Brown-headed Cowbird     3
Orchard Oriole     5
American Goldfinch     2


State Ornithologist
Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency
P.O. Box 40747
Nashville, TN 37204
615-781-6653 (o)
www.tnwatchablewildlife.org 
www.pbase.com/shoeman 


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