[TN-Bird] Sightings Report, Sat 1 Nov 2014, Ensley Bottoms and nearby environs, Memphis, Shelby Cty
- From: John Walko <walko@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: Tn-Bird <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Dick Preston <dickpreston@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 2 Nov 2014 20:49:03 -0600
Late Saturday afternoon jaunt down to the bottoms after the cold front came
through yesterday.
Ducks are coming in slowly.
Riverport Rd Ponds / Sloughs, Shelby, US-TN
Nov 1, 2014 3:20 PM - 3:45 PM
Protocol: Traveling
1.5 mile(s)
Comments: Several sloughes holding nice birds this late afternoon. Clear
sunny skies, 51 degs, slight breeze.
15 species
Canada Goose 48
Wood Duck 3
Gadwall 20
Ring-necked Duck 5
Hooded Merganser 1 male stood out from the crowd of other waterfowl.
Pied-billed Grebe 8
Great Blue Heron 1
Turkey Vulture 4
Red-tailed Hawk 1
American Coot 31
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 200 Power lines over the rail yard.
Mourning Dove 27
Belted Kingfisher 1
American Kestrel 1
European Starling 28
View this checklist online at
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Allen Fossil (Steam) Plant ash ponds, Shelby, US-TN
Nov 1, 2014 3:45 PM - 3:55 PM
Protocol: Traveling
0.25 mile(s)
Comments: Quick stop on the way to the Pits.
13 species
Gadwall 14
Mallard 2
Hooded Merganser 2
Pied-billed Grebe 1
Double-crested Cormorant 1
American White Pelican 9 Fly over.
Great Blue Heron 3
Red-tailed Hawk 1
American Coot 24
Killdeer 6
Lesser Yellowlegs 7
Least Sandpiper 8
Red-winged Blackbird 150
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Ensley Bottoms, Maxson Wastewater Lagoons(The Pits)/Earth Complex, Shelby, US-TN
Nov 1, 2014 3:55 PM - 5:15 PM
Protocol: Traveling
2.5 mile(s)
Comments: drove about the complex. shorebirds mainly in the central ponds
area.
18 species
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck 14 plus 11 juv that are flying. next time
they get counted.
Greater White-fronted Goose 1 same goose here all summer looks healthy but
for the wing.
Blue-winged Teal 8 Birds flushed out with the Shovelers.
Northern Shoveler 92 Drive onto the levee and they are all airborne.
Cooper's Hawk 1
Red-tailed Hawk 2
Killdeer 116 Scattered everywhere.
Lesser Yellowlegs 13
Least Sandpiper 712
Pectoral Sandpiper 2
Mourning Dove 16
American Kestrel 2
Peregrine Falcon 1 Just as i entered the main levee this bird comes right
across my bow of the van, every shorebird in the area is up and about until the
falcon heads for the trees.
Northern Mockingbird 2
European Starling 2750 Please these birds are in enormous numbers down
here in the bottoms I feel this may be a short count at that.
White-crowned Sparrow 4
Red-winged Blackbird 20
Eastern Meadowlark 7
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John "Jay" Walko
Collierville, TN
www.pbase.com/jwalko
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