[TN-Bird] juvenile Hooded Merganser - Knox

From: kde@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
To: Tennessee Birds <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2013 10:12:42 -0400 (EDT)
A juvenile Hooded Merganser just flew in and landed in the retention pond 
outside my office window in west Knox Co.  The bird is very drab grayish 
brown with an underdeveloped hood, yellow bill, limited white in the wings 
visible at times.  It was not raised here but perhaps was raised nearby.

The Great Egret I reported from the same location on 3 July remains as 
well.  

Until recently, this retention pond did not hold water for any length of 
time.  In mid-April, it was bushhogged and the debris (including some 
good-sized willow and Bradford pear trees) appears to have clogged and 
changed the drainage.  It has held water ever since.  So there are no fish 
in the pond but apparently enough frogs and tadpoles to keep the egret and 
2-3 Green Herons happy.  I regularly hear Eastern Narrow-mouthed Toads 
calling which is always nice.

Dean Edwards
Knoxville, TN



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