These fallouts at Junaluska always seem to bring a mixed bag. Along with the ducks, loons and grebes, there were a number of gulls present. Great blue herons were present as well as killdeer. I thought the situation warranted a closer look and when the snow subsided, around noon, I grabbed my spotting scope and went back to the lake. I ran into Bob Olthoff who had also come out to see what the weather had brought.
Fallouts are intense but they can also be brief.
There was only one raft left and the total number of ducks on the lake was around 200. Bob filled me in on what he had seen earlier and we scoped the raft. As far as we could tell, all the scaup were lesser. There were a few redheads and some green-winged teal in the mix. Bob had seen ruddy ducks earlier.