[TN-Bird] Wood Stork @ Duck River
- From: jwalk821 <jwalk821@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 24 Aug 2014 14:04:17 -0500
Thanks to some directions from Ruben Stoll, my dad, my brother, and I refound
the Wood Stork at TN NWR - Duck River unit in Humphreys County yesterday
(8-23-14). It seems like the most reliable way to see the bird is by waiting
for it at its roost at the pump station. Walk the pump station levee for
approximately two miles until you reach the first gravel road on the left. Take
this gravel road for about two hundred yards for the best view of the egret
roost in the cypresses on the right. The bird showed up at 7:35 PM, coming in
low to the water from the left. If you never saw the bird fly in, definitely
scan the egret flock. While your chances of seeing this bird here are almost
certain, the bad thing is that even with brisk walking you'll arrive back in
the parking lot at dark.
Other birds of note:
57 Caspian Terns
11 Forster's Terns
1 Sandhill Crane (blue goose loop)
5 Spotted Sandpipers
3 Solitary Sandpipers
1 Snowy Egret (flyover in main refuge area)
good numbers of swallows including Bank, Tree, Barn, and N. Rough-winged
Swallows and Purple Martin.
Chloe Walker
Murfreesboro, TN
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