[TN-Bird] Sightings Report, 14 Sept 2013, Ensley Bottoms area, Memphis, ShelbyCo, Fall Mig Bird Count
- From: John Walko <walko@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: richard preston <dickpreston@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, Tn-Bird <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "Mjefferson100 mjefferson100@xxxxxxxxxxx" <mjefferson100@xxxxxxxxxxx>, martha.waldron@xxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2013 17:59:33 -0500
Great cool morning to see whats coming in down at the bottoms, lots of birds
but the variety was not as great as the labor day weekend.
TN 2 Mem, Riverport Rd Ponds / Swamp, Shelby, US-TN
Sep 14, 2013 9:50 AM - 10:35 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.5 mile(s)
Comments: Fall Migratory Bird Count, stop #1 on the day. Checking out the
sloughes that are slowly drying up. Clear cool morning 69 degs.
10 species
Canada Goose 6
Wood Duck 11
Pied-billed Grebe 1
Anhinga 1 Bird seen flying out of the big slough towards Mckellar Lake.
Great Blue Heron 1
Snowy Egret 5
Little Blue Heron 6
Turkey Vulture 5
Red-shouldered Hawk (Eastern) 3
Red-tailed Hawk 3
View this checklist online at
http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S15203062
TN 2 Mem,TVA PONDS to Waste Water Outfall (BUNTING CORNER), Shelby, US-TN
Sep 14, 2013 10:35 AM - 10:50 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.0 mile(s)
Comments: Fall migratory Bird count stop # 2. Nice weather this morning.
9 species
Canada Goose 107
Mallard 52
Double-crested Cormorant 5
Great Blue Heron 2
Great Egret 1
Little Blue Heron 1
Green Heron 2
Killdeer 2
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 1
View this checklist online at
http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S15203143
TN 2 Mem, Maxson Wastewater Lagoons(The Pits)/Earth Complex, Shelby, US-TN
Sep 14, 2013 10:50 AM - 12:50 PM
Protocol: Traveling
3.5 mile(s)
Comments: Fall Migratory Bird Count Stop #2, Clear cool 69 dgs.
17 species
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck 29 Several adults and a bunch of newly
fledged summer juvs.
Mallard 8
Blue-winged Teal 11
Northern Shoveler 33 Lots of birds feeding in the center pit areas.
Black Vulture 5
Turkey Vulture 2
Red-tailed Hawk 2
Black-necked Stilt 17 Couple of families still around.
American Golden-Plover 3 Nice birds.
Killdeer 250 Everywhere, low count.
Greater Yellowlegs 3
Lesser Yellowlegs 4
Stilt Sandpiper 12 Nice to see these guys feeding in the central area.
Least Sandpiper 5000 Banner day (could have been more)as they were all
over pit # 4 and mixed in with alot of other birds on the central pits.
Pectoral Sandpiper 7 Seems the biggest group has left just a few
hanginging with the peeps.
Semipalmated Sandpiper 12
Western Sandpiper 4
View this checklist online at
http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S15203238
John "Jay" Walko
Collierville, TN
www.pbase.com/jwalko
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