FreeLists / tn-bird / [TN-Bird] Sightings Report 10&11 Jan 07 Ensley Bottoms Area,Memphis TN

["John Walko" <walko@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Sightings Report 10 & 11 Jan 07 Ensley Bottoms Area,Memphis TN 
Visited the Ensly bottoms area two days straight for lunch. Same ole same
ole. Good float of Scaup on the big TVA. Mixed ducks in the Riverport Rd
Ponds and sloughs.

Location:     TN 2 Mem, Riverport Rd Ponds / Swamp

Observation date:     1/10/07

Notes:     Lunch time visit the ponds and sloughs still filling up nicely.

Number of species:     10

Canada Goose     10

Gadwall     4

Mallard     4

Ring-necked Duck     12

Pied-billed Grebe     1

Turkey Vulture     1

Red-tailed Hawk     2

American Kestrel     3

Mourning Dove     4

Eastern Bluebird     1

Location:     TN 2 Mem,TVA PONDS

Observation date:     1/10/07

Notes:     Still a good size float of birds practically all Lsr Scaup with a
handfull of Greater here and there. DC Cormarants still hanging out in the
rear of the pond. Coots must be down on the main lake or river area.

Number of species:     11

Greater Scaup     10

Lesser Scaup     1500

Common Goldeneye     1

Pied-billed Grebe     2

Double-crested Cormorant     11

Great Blue Heron     1

Red-tailed Hawk     5

American Kestrel     1

American Coot     1

Mourning Dove     1

European Starling     75

Location:     TN 2 Mem,TVA PONDS

Observation date:     1/11/07

Notes:     Float a bit larger than yesterday.Lots of gulls today. They are
dredging the NW corner and they are diving on the morsals coming up.
Cormarants flying in and out as is the ducks. Once again a few of the lgr
Greater scaup are mixed in. Missing are any other ducks.Did not have a
scope. There were some ducks way in the back that may have been Ring necks
but???? I couldn't see them well enough. Coots are back today.

Number of species:     10

Greater Scaup     10

Lesser Scaup     2000

Common Goldeneye     1

Pied-billed Grebe     3

Double-crested Cormorant     20

Great Blue Heron     4

Red-tailed Hawk     2

American Coot     23

Ring-billed Gull     67

Mourning Dove     3

Location:     TN 2 Mem, Riverport Rd Ponds / Swamp

Observation date:     1/11/07

Notes:     Good water levels. Ducks moving through from pond to pond through
the breaks in flooded timber. More variety of birds here in the brush and
timber. TVA has numbers though.

Number of species:     11

Canada Goose     8

Gadwall     10

Mallard     13

Ring-necked Duck     13

Hooded Merganser     4

Pied-billed Grebe     2

Great Blue Heron     1

Red-tailed Hawk     1

American Kestrel     1

Song Sparrow     15

White-crowned Sparrow     1

 

John "Jay" Walko

Collierville, Tn

 



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