FreeLists / birdky / [birdky] Fulton Co Shorebirds; 5-2-07

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5-2-07
Fulton Co (just north of Long Point)

I was just passing through on the north end of Reelfoot to get to the Phillipy 
area, but found a nice concentration of Semipalmated Plovers. This is in a 
flooded duck hunting field just east of the entrance to Long Point. I was in 
this same area last Friday, and found 68 Semipalmeted Plovers, and a 
Short-billed Dowitcher, among the Pecs, Least, and Yellowlegs. This time, 
numbers had grown to 86 Semipalmated's (with more hiding in the weeds I'm 
sure). I had Semi's most places I stopped, but not in numbers like this area. 
Also in KY were a singing Marsh Wren, and a couple of Lincoln's Sparrows that 
popped-up for me.

While the Ruff couldn't be refound yesterday in TN (last seen on Tuesday), I 
did have good numbers of White-rumped Sandpipers for this early in May (15), a 
group of 6 Black-bellied Plovers that a storm put down, 13 Wilson's Phalaropes, 
and numerous Dowitchers (mostly Long-billed, but a couple of Short-bills as 
well).

I've posted several shots from the day (Yellow-crowned Night-Heron, Lincoln's 
Sparrow, Dowitchers, White-rumps, Phalaropes, etc) in my Spring 2007 gallery. 
If interested, the images start here:http://www.pbase.com/mctodd/image/78158131 
 , or you can just go to the gallery at: 
http://www.pbase.com/mctodd/spring_2007 , with new images being towards the 
bottom of the page.

Good Birding!!

Mike Todd
McKenzie, TN
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