[TN-Bird] Trip to Ensley Bottoms

From: "Winston Walden" <wwalden@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2004 10:24:27 -0500
My wife (Kit) and I spent last weekend at the Bottoms with Jeff
Wilson.  This weekend was  some of the, if not the best, time 
 I have spent birding this year.  The up-close looks at the shorebirds
can not be matched in TN.  Neither can Jeff's tutelage of the 
plumage differences of these "common" peeps.  At such close range
the rufous difference on the backs of Westerns and Semi's can be
clearly seen -- when pointed out by Jeff.  The close looks at first-year
birds were equally  stunning and educational.  Where can you 
see numerous first year shorebirds at twenty yards? 
At Cheyenne Bottoms in central KS, I have seen thousands of
White-rumpted sandpipers in the spring.  I had never seen a
first-year fall White-rumpted.  It didn't look like the White-rumps
I have seen or those in most fieldguides, except for the solidly
white rump. Quite a treat.
Make the trip and meet up with Jeff, you will be rewarded.
You may be even directed to the best Bar B-Q in Memphis.
Winston A. Walden
Cookeville, TN 38505
Phone:  931-372-3408
wwalden@xxxxxxxxxx
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