FreeLists / birdky / [birdky] Sloughs Fieldtrip/Recent Birding

[David Roemer <dlroemer@xxxxxxxxx>]

The KOS/Beckham fieldtrip to the Sloughs wma in
Henderson County on October 9 yielded 79 species with
the following highlights:

King Rail
Sora 
Semipalmated Plover
Gr. Yellowlegs
Least, Pectoral, and Stilt Sandpiper 6
Dunlin
Long-billed Dowitcher 3
Tree, Rough-winged, and Barn Swallows
Sedge Wren  8+
Marsh Wren  4+
Blue Grosbeak 3
Dickcissel
Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow 2
Lincoln's Sparrow
Bobolink
Adult light-morph calurus Red-tailed Hawk

My thanks to the participants for a great day.


Notes from other recent trips include:

9-29  With Joanie

Scattered Great and Snowy Egrets and Little Blue
Herons at Eddy Creek and Little River/Barkley

White-rumped Sandpiper  Eddy Creek/Barkley
Lesser Black-backed Gull  Adult  Kuttawa/Barkley
Eurasian Collared-Dove  28  Hickman
Swamp Sparrow  Long-point/Fulton


9-30 With Joanie

Am. Golden-Plover 2 juvs Eddy Creek
Semipalmated Sandpiper Little River
Western Sandpiper Little River
White-rumped Sandpiper  Eddy Creek
Lesser Black-backed Gull 2 adults  Kuttawa
Red-breasted Nuthatch  Barkley/Lyon

Blue Grosbeak  Meng's Pond/Warren
Savannah Sparrow  McElroy (dry)


10-3

Swamp Sparrow  Warren


10-5  Sloughs wma/Henderson

Sora
Common Moorhen  4  2 adults/2 juvs
American Coot   Family group of 2 adults/2 juvs plus
single adult and juv

Dunlin
Marsh Wren 2
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Grasshopper Sparrow 2
White-throated Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Bobolink

10-6  Peabody wma 

PB Grebe 2 Paradise
DC Cormorant 15+ Paradise
Great Egret 1 Paradise,1 Sinclair
Black-crowned Night-Heron adult and juv Paradise
Black Vulture  Kettle of 50+ at Paradise
Sanderling  Paradise
Western Sandpiper Paradise
Marsh Wren  Sinclair
Grasshopper Sparrow 3 Sinclair


10-8

Peregrine Falcon  juvenile  McElroy (dry)

Recent backyard migrants:

Swainson's and Gray-cheeked Thrushes
Philadelphia Vireo
Lincoln's and Swamp Sparrow

Warblers:

Tennessee
Nashville
Magnolia
Wilson's
Black-throated Green
Bay-breasted
Black and White
Redstart
Ovenbird
Common Yellowthroat
Chestnut-sided
Blackburnian
Yellow-throated

We still have at least one Ruby-throated hummer coming
to feeders at the house.

dave
















                
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