[TN-Bird] TN-NWR Duck River Unit
- From: "Stanley York Jr." <swy911@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2012 10:54:19 -0700 (PDT)
August 21, 2012
Tennessee National Wildlife Refuge - Duck River Unit
Humphreys County, TN
Got a little bit of a late start this morning arriving at the refuge around
8:30. Fairly quite with little activity around the Blue Goose auto loop. I did
however see several Great Egrets, Great Blue Herons, Little Blue Herons, an
immature Green Heron that I studied for some time finally ruling out American
Bittern. Shorebirds were limited to several Killdeer and 2 Greater Yellowlegs.
Also picked up 2 Osprey and an adult Bald Eagle along the river. Moving over
to Pool 1 by the old pumphouse I picked up the flock of at least 8-10 American
White Pelicans, several more Great Egrets, Great Blue Herons, Little Blue
Herons, could not located the Tricolored Herons. Double-crested Cormorants and
Caspian Terns were also numerous here along with a few Canada Geese. The bird
of the day also was revealed here. At 10:30am while standing by the pumphouse I
got a close range unobstructed view of a Peregrine Falcon. The Peregrine
circled around me and
continued off to the east out of view, an excellent ending to a cool morning
on the "Duck".
Stanley York Jr.
Palmyra/Montgomery Co, TN
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