[TN-Bird] Reelfoot Lake area
- From: Mark Greene <greenesnake@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 8 Dec 2011 06:38:05 -0800 (PST)
December 7, 2011
Reelfoot Lake area, Lake & Obion Counties
I spent a couple of hours yesterday aftternoon birding around Reelfoot Lake. As
Mike mentioned there were lots of hawks around and lots of gulls in the flooded
fields. I picked up a few calling Lapland Longspurs on Van Works Road. I also
had a small flock of Brewer's Blackbirds just east of the State Park campground
in Obion County. There was a single Redhead with Ring-necked Ducks on the
lagoon near the Airpark campground.
After Mike told me where he had seen the adult Little Gull, I headed to
Keystone Pocket and within 5 minutes had picked up the bird. It was on the move
constantly but as Mike mentioned the combination of black underwings, lack of
white flash on the upperwing, and the very graceful, bouyant flight made the
bird easy to pick out amongst the hordes of Bonaparte's Gulls. After several
minutes of searching I finally picked out the Surf Scoter that Mike had seen
just as the bird woke up for a few minutes and then went back to sleep. A
single American White Pelican was seen sleeping on a stump beside a cormorant.
Also in this area were lots of Buffleheads and Ruddy Ducks and a couple of
Horned Grebes.
Hopefully some of the goodies will hang around for the Reelfoot CBC next
Saturday!
Good birding,
Mark Greene
Trenton, TN
Gibson County
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