[TN-Bird] White Ibis at Cross Creeks NWR
- From: "Desgrosellier, Jay" <jay.desgrosellier@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <TN-BIRD@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 3 Aug 2003 20:15:02 -0500
8/3/03
Cheatham WMA (Cheatham Co.), Cross Creeks NWR (Stewart Co.) and Duck
River Unit Tennessee NWR (Humphrey's Co.), TN
7am-5pm
Best bird of the day was an immature WHITE IBIS found with some LITTLE
BLUE HERONS at Cross Creeks NWR. The bird was found on the furthest of
the three ponds directly below the refuge headquarters.
The day started well with cool temps and cloudy skies which made for
some surprisingly good passerine birding for early August. Along the
roads through and around the Cheatham WMA I managed to find 10 species
of warblers, all of which are breeders, but still, it's August!
Warblers included NORTHERN PARULA, 3 BLACK AND WHITE WARBLERS,
YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT, 2 HOODED WARBLERS, KENTUCKY WARBLER, WORM-EATING
WARBLER, YELLOW WARBLER, 3 YELLOW-THROATED WARBLERS, PROTHONOTARY
WARBLER and COMMON YELLOWTHROAT. Vireos were also not in short supply as
4 species were found including WARBLING, WHITE-EYED, YELLOW-THROATED and
RED-EYED VIREOS, a bird we began to think was mythical about this time
last year.
Cross Creeks had little to offer other than the White Ibis, but Duck
River was very productive. Despite all of the water the past week there
was still some decent shorebird habitat. Shorebirds included 5
SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS, 150+ KILLDEER, GREATER YELLOWLEGS, 3 LESSER
YELLOWLEGS, 10 SOLITARY SANDPIPERS, 22 SPOTTED SANDPIPERS, 5 LEAST
SANDPIPERS, 200+ PECTORAL SANDPIPERS, 2 STILT SANDPIPERS, and 1 juvenile
SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER. Also at Duck River were 6 BLACK TERNS and 1
CASPIAN TERN. There were scads of waders there also. Great Egrets led
the way with easily 200+, but Little Blue Herons weren't far behind with
at least 100 and about equal numbers of Great Blue Herons with a few
Snowy Egrets thrown in for good measure. This is a usual sight in west
Tennessee that isn't found many places in middle Tennessee. All told the
species total rounded off to a nice even 100 for the day.
Good Birding!
Jay Desgrosellier
Nashville, TN
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