[TN-Bird] Red bats and birds at Kyker Bottoms, Tellico Lake, etc.
- From: Leigh Loveday <lkloveday@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 3 Feb 2003 08:50:59 -0800 (PST)
The gorgeous weather in East Tennessee this past weekend got us out and about...
We birded Kyker Bottoms off Hwy 129S mid day and late yesterday evening, and
saw 3
eastern red bats at 5 pm (cool looking bats, thanks to Henry Hill?s post
alerting us
of their presence in the winter). Waterfowl of note were 6 Green-winged teals,
10
American widgeons, 4 Northern shovellers, 60 Ring-neck ducks, and 6
Gadwalls. A
Loggerhead shrike & a mocker were patrolling a field from a fence row near the
TWRA
barn. Sparrow viewing from the parking lots was limited, with white crowned,
vesper, field, & song seen. 1 lone Northern harrier was spotted, as was 1 Red
tail
hawk.
Tellico Lake off Hwy 336, Toqua area was visited, and 6 Horned grebes, a
Sharpie
and Cooper?s hawk were seen. Back around Thanksgiving we questioned if what we
saw
at the same area were 3 Clark grebes. After careful study of the Horned
grebes, we
conclude that?s what we most likely saw in Nov. as well. We humbly acknowledge
the
folly of our ways (yet we both still think we saw yellow beaks on them there
grebes?
revisionist history or ultra bright sun perhaps).
A walk through the nearby meadow trail and woods at Fort Loudon Historic Area
yielded a brown creeper. A bold golden crowned kinglet was seen foraging 8?
away on
the grass under a cedar tree showing off that beautiful head stripe.
Also, we went to Hiwassee Wildlife Refuge Saturday afternoon. About 1,000
Sandhill
Cranes were witnessed. Most notable waterfowl were 2 Redheads, and 4 American
widgeons. We have gone the previous 2 years, and it?s definitely a smaller
group
this year as seen from the viewing platform. Bad corn crop not withstanding,
that
many trumpeting cranes is an awesome sight. No luck seeing golden or bald
eagles
(2 bald eagles seen last yr., and 1 golden the yr. prior).
Robert and Leigh Loveday
Knoxville, TN
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