[TN-Bird] Re: Wood Stork @ Duck River
- From: Lyda Phillips <lydap@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "jwalk821@xxxxxxxxxxx" <jwalk821@xxxxxxxxxxx>, "tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2014 13:43:22 -0500
I am heading to Memphis tomorrow and am going to the Duck River Unit on my way.
I saw earlier advice about duck banding, etc. Is there anything like that going
on that I should avoid? All these directions for spotting the wood stork are
great but I'm not counting on it since I won't be there late enough to see it
return to roost.
Lyda Phillips
(301) 518-7538 (cell)
www.lydaphillips.com
writerworking.blogspot.com/
Date: Sun, 24 Aug 2014 14:04:17 -0500
Subject: [TN-Bird] Wood Stork @ Duck River
From: jwalk821@xxxxxxxxxxx
To: tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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 Terns11 Forster's Terns1 Sandhill Crane (blue
goose loop)5 Spotted Sandpipers3 Solitary Sandpipers1 Snowy Egret (flyover in
main refuge area)good numbers of swallows including Bank, Tree, Barn, and N.
Rough-winged Swallows and Purple Martin.
Chloe WalkerMurfreesboro, TN
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