[TN-Bird] Sightings Report, Sun * March, 2015, Ensley Bottoms and Environs, Memphis, Shelby Cty

From: John Walko <walko@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: Tn-Bird <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Dick Preston <dickpreston@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 8 Mar 2015 22:07:05 -0500
37 species on the day after visiting all three areas down at the bottoms, 47 
degrees, cloudy slight breeze rain on its way.


Riverport Rd Ponds / Sloughs, Shelby, US-TN
Mar 8, 2015 10:25 AM - 11:05 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.5 mile(s)
Comments:     Started my day here on Riverport rd. Overcast, 47 degrees slight 
breeze rain on its way.
21 species
Canada Goose  3
Gadwall  46
Mallard  5
Blue-winged Teal  2
Northern Shoveler  32
Ring-necked Duck  149     First several sloughes they were spread out in low 
numbers then in the big slough across from the Army Corps Gate 128 sat in with 
some other ducks.
Lesser Scaup  16
Hooded Merganser  3
Ruddy Duck  1
Red-shouldered Hawk  1
American Coot  6
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  65
Mourning Dove  35
Belted Kingfisher  2
Northern Flicker  2
Eastern Phoebe  1
European Starling  200
Yellow-rumped Warbler  5
Northern Cardinal  2
Red-winged Blackbird  15
Common Grackle  129
View this checklist online at 
http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S22248965

TVA Allen Fossil (Steam) Plant ash ponds, Shelby, US-TN
Mar 8, 2015 11:05 AM - 11:45 AM
Protocol: Traveling
0.25 mile(s)
Comments:     Overcast, 47 degs slight breeze, ran into Virginia Reynolds at 
the TVA plant, lots of waterfowl on the ponds today not much diversity though. 
Birds coming and going.
14 species
Northern Shoveler  2
Canvasback  4
Greater Scaup  75     Quite a few of the bigger birds probably more but most of 
the scaup were tucked away sleeping within the big raft of birds.
Lesser Scaup  4027     Biggest raft of birds I've seen this season, cold 
weather of late with a warming trend starting today may keep the birds a bit 
longer.
Double-crested Cormorant  1
American White Pelican  33     first set of 13 came over headed N-NE as we 
scanned the ducks, second set was seen about an hour later same heading as I 
departed the area.
Turkey Vulture  1
American Coot  14
Killdeer  9
Ring-billed Gull  26
Mourning Dove  5
Belted Kingfisher  1
European Starling  35
Red-winged Blackbird  17
View this checklist online at 
http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S22248843


Ensley Bottoms, Maxson Wastewater Lagoons(The Pits)/Earth Complex, Shelby, US-TN
Mar 8, 2015 11:45 AM - 12:45 PM
Protocol: Traveling
2.0 mile(s)
Comments:     After birding the TVA Lakes and Riverport Rd I came down here to 
see whats going on. Lots of water,water everywhere., All the lagoons are full 
and the spread fields are puddled up pretty well. Some of the levee roads are 
not good unless you have 4wd, and then you'll be trenching them up.
18 species
Canada Goose  70     Spread fields held most of the geese.
Mallard  2
Blue-winged Teal  14
Great Blue Heron  1
Cooper's Hawk  1
Red-tailed Hawk  2
Killdeer  4
Mourning Dove  9
Northern Mockingbird  1
European Starling  655
Savannah Sparrow  53     Power line fields were full of Sav Sparrows.
White-crowned Sparrow  24     Nice set of birds in the bushes and lawn of the 
maint shed.
Northern Cardinal  1
Red-winged Blackbird  50
Eastern Meadowlark  7
Rusty Blackbird  7
Common Grackle  50
Brown-headed Cowbird  500     Large cloud of blkbirds in the big field north of 
the maint shed.
View this checklist online at 
http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S22248695





















John "Jay" Walko
Collierville, TN
www.pbase.com/jwalko
[TN-Bird] Sightings Report, Sun * March, 2015, Ensley Bottoms and Environs, Memphis, Shelby Cty

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