[TN-Bird] Mississippi River - Benwood
- From: OLCOOT1@xxxxxxx
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- Date: Thu, 3 Nov 2011 08:53:07 -0400 (EDT)
Nov. 2, 2011
Mississippi River at Memphis
Benwood Lake, AR
The Mississippi River was lazy in producing any floating birds, 2 small
groups of Coots, 9 Lesser and 3 Greater Scaup, 4 Ruddy Ducks and just 2 DC
Cormorants.
Will the AVOCETS at Benwood just keep growing in numbers; avocets seem to
be everywhere this year from spring time till now. Yesterday, 30 Avocet
were swishing through the shallow lake water, L-b Dowitcher, Dunlin and Least
Sandpiper numbers are down slightly along with Greater and Lesser
Yellowlegs but Wilson's Snipe numbers are growing as suspected. A single
Black-bellied lover but no Golden today.
Among the large numbers of Greater White-fronted Geese were; 21 Snows, 11
Blue, 5 Ross's and a hybrid Snow/Greater W-f, about the 4th or 5tn I've
seen over the years.
I noticed years ago that ducks in general, except for Green-winged Teal,
pay little mind to Harrier Hawks. Then a couple of times over the years I've
seen why, as they took them and yesterday a Harrier snuck up on a sleeping
Green-wing out in the shallow water and held the bird under until it
drowned. I've seen and photographed Harriers taking Ring-billed Gulls and
Coots
when given a chance, so evidently they NEVER pass up a good meal of any
size!!
Jeff R. Wilson / TLBA
6300 Memphis-Arlington Rd.
Bartlett, TN. 38135_http://WWW.pbase.com/ol_coot/_
(http://www.pbase.com/ol_coot/)
What is this feathered thing that lifts my heart to the heavens.
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