[TN-Bird] Sightings Report, Mon, 1 September 2014, Ensley Bottoms- The Pits - Memphis, Shelby County
- From: John Walko <walko@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: Tn-Bird <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Dick Preston <dickpreston@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 3 Sep 2014 00:00:02 -0500
Late post compared to others who had been down there on Monday. Seems quite a
few of us were scurrying around through out the day looking for the Red Knot. I
for one struck out on that bird, from what I hear it made the rounds of all the
waterholes.
Ensley Bottoms, Maxson Wastewater Lagoons(The Pits)/Earth Complex, Shelby, US-TN
Sep 1, 2014 10:30 AM - 1:15 PM
Protocol: Traveling
2.5 mile(s)
Comments: Heard about a RedKnot siting had to go see, I was unsuccessful
though. Alot of Peeps scattered every where as evident when the Coopers Hawk is
flying about.
23 Species
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck 79 Lots of young around of varying ages.
Greater White-fronted Goose 1 Same wounded Goose all summer.
Canada Goose 22
Wood Duck 6
Mallard 27
Northern Shoveler 21
Cooper's Hawk 1
Black-necked Stilt 3 2 Juveniles also
Semipalmated Plover 1
Killdeer 75
Spotted Sandpiper 2
Solitary Sandpiper 2
Greater Yellowlegs 1
Lesser Yellowlegs 35
Stilt Sandpiper 2
Least Sandpiper 2300
Pectoral Sandpiper 50
Semipalmated Sandpiper 50
Western Sandpiper 2
Short-billed Dowitcher 1
Black Tern 8 Same group from saturdays outing. Using a small mud flat on
pit 4 as a resting area.
Mourning Dove 7
European Starling 750
View this checklist online at
http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S19655085
John "Jay" Walko
Collierville, TN
www.pbase.com/jwalko
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