FreeLists / tn-bird / [TN-Bird] Sprague's Pipits - No

[magreene@xxxxxxxx]

I checked on the Sprague's Pipits that I found earlier in the week for the last 
two days and have seen nor heard any signs of them.  I suspect they were just 
moving through when I lucked up on them.

As Mike Todd mentioned yesterday I was able to visit the shorebird field on 
Todd Levee Rd. south of Humboldt in Gibson Co. on Wednesday where Mike had all 
the shorebirds on Tuesday.  There were well over 400 Pectoral Sandpipers 
present.  I was trying to count them but then several of them got up and flew 
around and settled in to a different area which made counting them very 
difficult.  There were also 12 Am. Golden-Plovers present as well as several 
Wilson's Snipe.  I found 5 Baird's Sandpipers but I could have easily 
overlooked some due to the massive number of Pecs and the field having recently 
been plowed leaving a lot of large mud clods which hid many birds if they 
weren't moving.  I was also there in the morning so the sun was another 
obstacle.  An impressive bunch of birds though regardless!

Good birding,

Mark Greene
Trenton, TN
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