[TN-Bird] Sightings Report 26 August 2014, Ensley Bottoms Environs, TVA & Pits, Memphis, Shelby County
- From: John Walko <walko@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: Tn-Bird <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Dick Preston <dickpreston@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2014 00:03:35 -0500
Quick lunch run since I was in the neighborhood working. Overall numbers down,
did not do an exhaustive search like last week though in the short time here.
Allen Fossil (Steam) Plant ash ponds, Shelby, US-TN
Aug 26, 2014 12:05 PM - 12:20 PM
Protocol: Traveling
0.25 mile(s)
Comments: Another hot day in Memphis 95 degs and high humidity. Lots of
terns today along with Geese. Still good numbers of Least Sandpipers on the
Mudflats.
10 species
Canada Goose 85
Mallard 12
Great Blue Heron 2
Green Heron 1
Killdeer 35
Least Sandpiper 500 500+ scattered over the mudflat to the north side.
Heat waves during the midday for poor scoping.
Pectoral Sandpiper 7
Least Tern (Interior) 26 Resting, feeding,resting,feeding
Mourning Dove 1
American Kestrel 2
View this checklist online at
http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S19584981
Ensley Bottoms, Maxson Wastewater Lagoons(The Pits)/Earth Complex, Shelby, US-TN
Aug 26, 2014 12:20 PM - 1:20 PM
Protocol: Traveling
2.5 mile(s)
Comments: Lunch run down at the pits, better numbers of Black bellied Wh
Ducks today. Pects are hard to find. Pit 4 really empty compared to last week.
Pit 5 had a good variety in the stubbly marsh y conditions up front. No Avocets
today.
16 species
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck 88 Highest nuber of Black-bellies for me this
year, 6 broods of young totaling 42 (11, 10, 2, 4, 11, 4)
Greater White-fronted Goose 1 Only one bird left, it's companion all
summer left last week. Still hanging with a small group of Canada's and the
ducks.
Greater White-fronted Goose (Eurasian) 0
Canada Goose 4
Wood Duck 2
Mallard 12
Canvasback 1 Same bird same place hanging with the Black bellies.
Mississippi Kite 4 Last birds seen as leaving and starting to agitate the
masses.
Killdeer 75
Spotted Sandpiper 2
Lesser Yellowlegs 12
Stilt Sandpiper 1
Least Sandpiper 750 750+ well spread out today.
Pectoral Sandpiper 14
Semipalmated Sandpiper 97
Mourning Dove 17
European Starling 250
View this checklist online at
http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S19585050
John "Jay" Walko
Collierville, TN
www.pbase.com/jwalko
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