TVA Allen Fossil (Steam) Plant ash ponds, Shelby, Tennessee, US
Jun 30, 2015 5:10 PM - 5:20 PM
Protocol: Traveling
0.5 mile(s)
Comments: Quick stop after work prior to going down to the Pits. Hazy, 87
degrees no breeze.
8 species
Canada Goose 8
Black-necked Stilt 1
Killdeer 18
Least Sandpiper 4
Least Tern (Interior) 61 3 looked like they were on nests on the far
sand/mud bar, one rose up and showed two eggs. With the Mississippi River
almost to flood stage this week the Terns are looking for replacement habitat
for nesting this year.
Mourning Dove 6
European Starling 90
Red-winged Blackbird 35
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Ensley Bottoms, Maxson Wastewater Lagoons(The Pits)/Earth Complex, Shelby,
Tennessee, US
Jun 30, 2015 5:20 PM - 7:20 PM
Protocol: Traveling
3.5 mile(s)
Comments: Dry levees dry trails drove the CRV all over today. High light of
the day was three Painted Buntings, 2 males and one female down in the SE
corner singing with some Indigoes, Bl. grosbeaks and cardinals. 87 degrees hazy
no breeze., lots of biting black flies.
29 species
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck 39
Canada Goose 17
Mallard 27
Northern Bobwhite 2 Calling along the western cut fields both spotted and
photographed.
Great Egret 1
Green Heron 1
Black-necked Stilt 32
Killdeer 27
Least Sandpiper 1
Least Tern 3
Mourning Dove 45
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 2
Common Nighthawk 1
American Kestrel 1
Blue Jay 1
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 73 Have pictures on the wire huge flock down
by the intermodal facility both sides of road around the drainage culvert.
Barn Swallow 23
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 2
Northern Mockingbird 3
European Starling 450 huge flocks spread throughout the complex
Yellow-breasted Chat 1
Northern Cardinal 5
Blue Grosbeak 2
Indigo Bunting 3
Painted Bunting 3, 2 males 1 female SE Corner back behind pit 5
Dickcissel 23
Red-winged Blackbird 85
Eastern Meadowlark 7
Brown-headed Cowbird 4
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John "Jay" Walko
Collierville, TN
www.pbase.com/jwalko
