[TN-Bird] Re: no Knot, add Ruddy Turnstone at Ensley 9/2/14
- From: <dickpreston@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 2 Sep 2014 19:32:01 -0500
Hi Gail,
The Red Knot was there at 4:00 PM today. Most of the birds were in the southern
most pits. 34 Lesser Yellowlegs, 11 Greater Yellowlegs, 3 Sanderlings, 4
Baird’s Sandpipers and one Ruddy Turnstone. 13 Black Terns. Also two
Short-billed Dowitchers and one Long-billed Dowitcher. This was after the rain
moved through.
Cheers,
Dick
Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2014 5:12 PM
Subject: [TN-Bird] no Knot, add Ruddy Turnstone at Ensley 9/2/14
9/2/14
Ensley area, Shelby Co.
Just a short note, to say I was unable to find the Red Knot in spite of
searching from just before 10:00 a.m. til almost 2 p.m. over all the Pits area
and TVA Lake with repeated passes. I did find a gaudy male Ruddy Turnstone with
a mix of other shorebirds (mostly Least, numerous Pectoral and Semipalmated, a
few Western Sandpipers, plus two Baird's Sandpipers I could identify, as well
as Semipalmated Plovers and the many Killdeer, and two Sanderlings), on the
north side of the central levee, the second pond from the west end.
The mix in the area seemed essentially the same as Mike mentioned in his post
yesterday, but I think there must have been some movement out last night as I
don't think there were as many birds there today, though they are scattered all
over and moving about. Mowers in perimeter fields and a red-necked trackhoe
(white body, long red arm and bucket) digging on that central levee road when I
first arrived had birds darting all over the place. Later several hundred
settled in those first two ponds on the west end and north side of that central
levee road, where I saw the turnstone and where I think Terry and Mike saw the
knot. Starlings almost outnumbered the shorebirds. Black Terns continue as Mike
described.
On one last pass by TVA Lake I ran into the McClendons (spelling?) from
Knoxville, and we didn't see the knot in the few minutes we looked. By then I
was pressed for time, but offered to show them where I had found the turnstone;
it was still there, but I was afraid to get out of the car to point it out, so
I hope they located it. I passed Tommie and Ron Rogers on my way out, at just
before 2pm. I didn't see any Wood Storks on the Riverport Rd. sloughs.
I'll post a more complete report later.
Gail King
5595 Ashley Sq. N.
Memphis, TN 38120
901-268-0035
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