[TN-Bird] Neotropic Cormorant TVA Lake Shelby Co. Sunday 19th
- From: kings4birds@xxxxxxx
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- Date: Sun, 19 Aug 2012 18:55:38 -0400 (EDT)
Jeff Wilson found and photographed a NEOTROPIC CORMORANT on TVA Lake, near the
Allen Steam Plant in Memphis this afternoon, and it was still there when I left
at 4:00 p.m. It is a very small individual, about the same size as nearby
Black-bellied Whistling Ducks, and half that of the Double-crested Cormorants.
We watched it preen, then leave the shoreline opposite the road and railroad
tracks along the lake, swim and dive some, then return to the shoreline to
preen some more and sleep. 7 Double-cresteds were present as well.
A congregation of waders continues in the largest borrow pit with water along
Riverport Road. I didn't find a Tricolored Heron, but there are scads of Great
Egrets, many snowies and Little Blue Herons, 15 or so Great Blues; no ibis
today.
Jeff reported he found fifteen species of shorebirds at the pits, most notably
Baird's and Buff-breasted Sandpipers among the thousands, scattered wherever
water remains.
Gail King
5595 Ashley Sq. N.
Memphis, TN 38120
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