[TN-Bird] Sightings Report, 20 August 2014, Ensley Bottoms Area, Memphis, Shelby Cty
- From: John Walko <walko@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: Tn-Bird <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Dick Preston <dickpreston@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2014 19:33:50 -0500
After work run down to the pits on a blazing hot afternoon 97 degs. A lot of
birds have dropped in since Sunday afternoon all over the bottoms.
Riverport Rd Ponds / Sloughs, Shelby, US-TN
Aug 20, 2014 4:45 PM - 4:55 PM
Protocol: Traveling
1.5 mile(s)
Comments: Quick drive by on a hot humid day after work.
4 species
Wood Duck 4
Great Blue Heron 2
Great Egret 3
Least Tern 1 Feeding on the big pond.
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Allen Fossil (Steam) Plant ash ponds, Shelby, US-TN
Aug 20, 2014 4:55 PM - 5:10 PM
Protocol: Traveling
0.25 mile(s)
Comments: Hot no breeze lots of birds on the mud flat 300 yds to the north.
9 species
Mallard 23
Great Blue Heron 2
Great Egret 1
Killdeer 16
Least Sandpiper 750 Big jump in numbers since Sunday. Could be some Semi
Pal Sp's mixed in but distance and heat waves played havoc with scope.
Pectoral Sandpiper 12
Least Tern (Interior) 6
Mourning Dove 6
European Starling 250 bathing off the north mud flat.
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Ensley Bottoms, Maxson Wastewater Lagoons(The Pits)/Earth Complex, Shelby, US-TN
Aug 20, 2014 5:10 PM - 6:35 PM
Protocol: Traveling
2.5 mile(s)
Comments: Wow hot dog days of summer 97 degs w/no wind to speak of. Lots of
birds have dropped in to the pits and TVA since Sunday.
13 species
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck 47 38 young of various ages in five broods.
Greater White-fronted Goose 1 Only one of the two that have been here all
summer hanging with a lone Canada goose.
Canada Goose 1
Mallard 10
Canvasback 1 Same lone duck hanging with the summertime crowd.
Northern Bobwhite 2 calling
Killdeer 427 Big numbers scattered amongst the peeps through out the
property.
Spotted Sandpiper 1
Solitary Sandpiper 2
Lesser Yellowlegs 8 a couple of singles and a group of six on pit 4.
Least Sandpiper 3500 Pit 4 was loaded with about 3000 the others were
scattered everywhere
Pectoral Sandpiper 615 big numbers again pit 4 was where the greatest
numbers were.
Semipalmated Sandpiper 25 probably more in the distant masses, some good
looking birds in close.
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John "Jay" Walko
Collierville, TN
www.pbase.com/jwalko
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