[tn-bird] Shorebird Count (NW TN portion) (long)
- From: mgreene@xxxxxxxxx
- To: tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2002 10:14:29 -0500
Sorry that I'm just getting around to posting this but...
Saturday, August 10
Dyer and Lake Counties
Observers: Mark Greene, Mike Todd, Nancy Moore, Ken Leggett
Island 13, Lake County:
Killdeer - 59
Semipalmated Sandpiper - 8
Least Sandpiper - 29
Semipalmated Sandpiper - 8
Western Sandpiper - 1
Spotted Sandpiper - 2
Pectoral Sandpiper - 31
Lesser Yellowlegs - 2
We expected to find Sanderlings here but none were to be seen.
Least Tern - 41
Jct. Hwy. 79 & Great River Road, Lake County:
Killdeer - 40
Black-necked Stilt - 2
Pectoral Sandpiper - 1
Solitary Sandpiper - 1
Least Tern - 4
Everett Lake, Dyer County:
Killdeer - 42
Semipalmated Plover - 3
Pectoral Sandpiper - 26
Stilt Sandpiper - 1
Least Sandpiper - 85
Semipalmated Sandpiper - 75
Lesser Yellowlegs - 2
Greater Yellowlegs - 1
Other species of interest:
Double-crested Cormorant - 13
Snowy Egret - 19
Great Egret - 24
Least Tern - 19
White Lake Refuge, Dyer County:
Black-necked Stilt - 23
Killdeer - 85
Greater Yellowlegs - 2
Lesser Yellowlegs - 15
Pectoral Sandpiper - 28
Solitary Sandpiper - 41
Spotted Sandpiper - 13
Stilt Sandpiper - 1
Least Sandpiper - 12
Short-billed Dowitcher - 1
Other species of note:
Pied-billed Grebe - 1
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron - 1
Tiptonville Bar, Lake County:
Killdeer - 125
Black-bellied Plover - 1
RED KNOT - 2 (probably 4 but 2 were just a little too far away to ID)
Ruddy Turnstone - 1
Peep Sp. (too far away to identify to species) - 25
We spent
Other species of note:
Least Tern - 35
American White Pelican - 5
Great Egret - 30
Great Blue Heron - 21
Tiptonville-Ferry Road, Lake County:
Upland Sandpiper - 1 (I heard this species call as we were driving, we were
never able to locate it after we stopped)
Black Bayou Refuge (South Unit), Lake County:
Killdeer - 28
Black Bayou Refuge (Main Unit), Lake Country:
Killdeer - 100
Wilson's Phalarope - 1
Spotted Sandpiper - 2
Solitary Sandpiper - 7
Pectoral Sandpiper - 14
Lesser Yellowlegs - 1
Other species of note:
TRICOLORED HERON - 1
Little Blue Heron - 8
Ibis Hole, Lake County (the water is drying up fast here and will disappear
in the next couple of days):
Killdeer - 56
Semipalmated Sandpiper - 1
Western Sandpiper - 1
Least Sandpiper - 15
Pectoral Sandpiper - 5
In the not countable but beautiful nonetheless category:
Ruddy Shelduck - 5
Phillipy Pits, Lake County (one small pool left along the levee just south
of the intersection):
Killdeer - 5
Pectoral Sandpiper - 1
Overall we had a pretty good day - the sun was hot but not unbearable and
it can certainly be worse in West Tennessee in August! We tallied 18 total
species of shorebirds which is nothing to complain about. Overall numbers
were not impressive but we did nail some good birds along the way!
Good birding,
Mark Greene
Trenton, TN
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