[TN-Bird] Marbled Godwit at the Pits; Shelby Co 7/27/13
- From: Michael Todd <birder1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: TN Birds <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 27 Jul 2013 08:46:39 -0700 (PDT)
7/27/2013
Ensley
Just got a call from Q.B. Gray who was birding this morning down at the Pits.
He had a Marbled Godwit in sleeping with some Black-bellied Whistling-Ducks on
one of the mounds in the central pits area. The Whistlers all got up and moved
around, then settled back down, but the Godwit took off and Q.B. last saw it
flying towards the southeast I believe; not a good sign for it returning. But,
nice that he was there to see it anyway! Otherwise, he said lots of small
shorebirds around, but mostly out in the distance on the big open pit. It would
be a great time for something really rare to show up, I'm hoping to get down
there one day next weekend myself for some local birding. Can't complain, just
got back from a non-birding trip to the Big Island of Hawaii, where I still
managed enough birding to get all of the native birds and most of the
introduced exotics. Will post some photos soon.
Good Birding!!
Mike Todd
McKenzie, TN
birder1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
www.pbase.com/mctodd
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