[TN-Bird] Sightings Report 4-29-11, TVA Plant area & South Treatment Plant, Memphis Shelby Cty

From: John Walko <walko@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2011 23:36:22 -0500
North Treatment Plant closed to the public due to the flooding and road 
work/repair to prevent the airport and treatment plant from flooding. 

4:15pm Recon Visit for tomorrows early morning TOS hike/visit. 
Went down to Ensley Bottoms, first stop was the TVA ponds: a lone Mallard 
drake, GB Heron and whoa...... a female Red Breasted Merganser, feeding on the 
big pond chasing minnows along the east shore. Barn Swallows, Killdeer, 
Starlings, and Morning Doves finished the pond count.

Headed west to bunting corner near the outflow. Indigo Buntings plentiful, 
Dickcissels singing, a YB Chat called out several times from the middle of the 
foliage circle. Cardinals, Car Wrens, Yel rumped Warbler, N. Rough winged 
Swallows, Barn swallows and a Eastern Kingbird rounded out the visit.  No 
Painted Buntings again. 

Made my way to the pits, RW Blackbirds, Morning Doves, Grackles, E. 
Meadowlarks, and Starlings all around. No Bobolinks seen or heard, was a bit 
breezy but warm and sunny. Water everywhere as the Mississippi is on the flood, 
lots of standing water after the heavy rains this past week.

Lots of shorebirds scattered throughout the various lagoons and fields. Several 
hundred L. Yel Legs, half a dozen or so Grtr Yel Legs, good number of Solitary 
Sandpipers, couple of Stilt & Spotted Sandpipers, peeps included semi, least, 
western, and Pectoral(2) Sandpipers. The big pit held a good concentration of 
Wilsons Phalaropes. The middle bermed area of mud flats had standing water and 
high ground and was holding hundreds of birds of all the above species 
including some Dowitchers. BW Teal, Mallards, Can Geese, two Coots plus the 
best birds, two good looking Black-bellied Whistling Ducks. Blk-necked Stilts 
scattered around mostly in pairs some on nests.

Tomorrows weather looks to be good hope all the birds stick around for all our 
out of town visitors.

Jay Walko, Collierville, Tn 

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