[TN-Bird] Sightings Report, 3 August 2014, Ensley Bottoms and surrounding environs, Memphis, Shelby Cty
- From: John Walko <walko@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: Tn-Bird <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Dick Preston <dickpreston@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Rob Harbin <pastor.flc@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 3 Aug 2014 21:40:10 -0500
Hot weather today, still a lot of water in some of the central pits, other
areas dry as a bone. The big #5 Pit, has just the right amount of water,
sludge flats, and vegetation to hold a good many birds. Black bellie wh duck
broods hiding today, only three broods seen.
Ran into Mike Todd today on the Central levee pits. Several other birders down
in the "Bottoms" today, QB Gray, Boyd Williams and his wife and Virginia
Reynolds.
Riverport Rd Ponds / Sloughs, Shelby, US-TN
Aug 3, 2014 10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Protocol: Traveling
2.0 mile(s)
Comments: 80 degs and rising, on a sunny warm day. little or no breeze.
kinda quiet as far as the birds go.
11 species
Great Blue Heron 2
Great Egret 3
Green Heron 1
Mississippi Kite 1
Least Tern 2 Feeding on the big pond.
Mourning Dove 5
Belted Kingfisher 1 on the big pond sitting on the trnsmission tower.
Barn Swallow 1
European Starling 25
Northern Cardinal 2
Common Grackle 1
View this checklist online at
http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S19322977
Ensley Bottoms, Maxson Wastewater Lagoons(The Pits)/Earth Complex, Shelby, US-TN
Aug 3, 2014 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Protocol: Traveling
2.5 mile(s)
Comments: Got hot quick 80-90's, still air, lots and lots of flies. Ran
into Mike Todd today on the Central levee pits. Like he reported, Blk-necked
Stilts are few and far between this year compared to the last three seasons.
More and more birds coming in since last weekend. Several other birders down in
the "Bottoms" today, QB Gray, Boyd Williams and his wife and Virginia Reynolds.
30 species
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck 14 -Three broods of young seen today 12, 5, 12
various ages little fluff balls to youngsters who have lost their stripes.
Greater White-fronted Goose 2 Same two birds all summer long, don't know
how long the bird with the injured wing is going to have it's buddy hang around.
Canada Goose 42
Mallard 9
Canvasback 1 Same bird that was reported here a couple of weeks ago, still
hanging out with the summer time crowd.
Turkey Vulture 11
Mississippi Kite 2
Black-necked Stilt 5 3 juveniles also seen.
Killdeer 45 spreadout everywhere.
Spotted Sandpiper 5
Solitary Sandpiper 2
Lesser Yellowlegs 2
Stilt Sandpiper 2 First fall birds on the return trip south.
Least Sandpiper 500 easy this many and more.
Pectoral Sandpiper 100 This also may be a low count, but the Ms Kite kept
them up and down.
Semipalmated Sandpiper 50 Same as the others hard to count but they were
standing out.
Mourning Dove 7
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 1
Eastern Kingbird 3
White-eyed Vireo 2
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 10
Barn Swallow 10
Cliff Swallow 10
Northern Mockingbird 7
European Starling 1000 Starlings everywhere. Looks like they had a good
breeding season, bah humbug.
Northern Cardinal 2
Dickcissel 21
Red-winged Blackbird 3
Common Grackle 1
House Finch 4 Hanging out around the maint shed yard.
View this checklist online at
http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S19323182
Allen Fossil (Steam) Plant ash ponds, Shelby, US-TN
Aug 3, 2014 12:30 PM - 12:45 PM
Protocol: Traveling
0.5 mile(s)
Comments: Quick look at not much of anything on the lakes.
11 species
Canada Goose 1
Mallard 3
Great Blue Heron 2
Great Egret 1
Black-necked Stilt 1
Killdeer 5
Least Tern 2
Mourning Dove 2
American Kestrel 1
Eastern Kingbird 1
European Starling 100
View this checklist online at
http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S19323249
John "Jay" Walko
Collierville, TN
www.pbase.com/jwalko
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