[TN-Bird] Signs of Spring

From: Chuck Lola Estes <chucklola@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: TN-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Fri, 6 Mar 2015 17:54:16 -0500
Knoxville Area
Anderson, Knox, and Blount Counties
March 6, 2015
Noon to 4:30 pm

Lola and I made a loop in the Knoxville area looking primarily for geese and 
ducks.  We found the Snow, Ross’s, Cackling, and Canada geese species noted 
previously at Cherokee Farms.  Then we checked out the Louisville Point area.  
Not much in the way of waterfowl but we did find a nice sign of spring with our 
first Tree Swallows (10-12) and Osprey of the year.  At Hitch pond and the 
Ralph Phelps Road pond we had the most variety of ducks (Gadwall, American 
Wigeon, Mallard, Wood Duck, Redhead, Ring-necked Duck, and Lesser Scaup).  Ish 
Creek embayment had one group of Redheads, scaup, Buffelheads, and Ring-necked 
Ducks.  On the way back to Oak Ridge, we stopped by Concord Park and found very 
little other than another Osprey.  Our last stop was the Solway boat accesses 
on Edgemoor Road in Oak Ridge.  There were numerous Redheads, a nice group of 
Canvasbacks, a couple of Ruddy Ducks, and numerous scaup and Ring-necked Ducks. 
 Osprey must have arrived in force as we found one more on its traditional nest 
on a power line transmission tower along the Clinch River.

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