FreeLists / tn-bird / [TN-Bird] Sightings Report, 2 Feb 2007, Ensley Bottoms Area, Memphis, Shelby County

["John Walko" <walko@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Sightings Report, 2 Feb 2007, Ensley Bottoms Area, Memphis, Shelby County
Location:     TN 2 Mem, Riverport Rd Ponds / Swamp

Observation date:     2/2/07

Notes:     We had our 1st measurable amount of snow of the year last night.
By time I got out to lunch however it was 95% gone and the temp was up in
the high 30's. Some ice on the edges of the sloughs and ponds. Lots of small
bird movement along the edges of the ponds.

Number of species:     19

Canada Goose     34

Wood Duck     2

Gadwall     38

Mallard     6

Ring-necked Duck     7

Hooded Merganser     4

Pied-billed Grebe     2

Great Blue Heron     1

Red-shouldered Hawk     1

Red-tailed Hawk     1

American Kestrel     1

Mourning Dove     37

Eastern Phoebe     1

Carolina Wren     3

Ruby-crowned Kinglet     1

Eastern Bluebird     3

American Robin     17

Northern Mockingbird     1

Swamp Sparrow     3

Location:     TN 2 Mem,TVA PONDS

Observation date:     2/2/07

Notes:     Ducks must be down at the Mckellar lake area because their not
here. The dredging is really active even after last nights snow, that might
be disturbing the birds because they were huddled mostly in the SEC corner
and on the small pond.

Number of species:     10

Lesser Scaup     250

Pied-billed Grebe     1

Great Blue Heron     3

Red-tailed Hawk     1

American Coot     14

Killdeer     1

Ring-billed Gull     8

Mourning Dove     9

American Robin     75

European Starling     250

This report was generated automatically by eBird v2 (http://www.ebird.org
<http://www.ebird.org/> )

John "Jay" Walko

Collierville, Tn

 



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