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["John Walko" <walko@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Sightings Report 1 & 3 May, 07 Wastewater Plants Shorebirds, Memphis, Shelby
County
After returning from 5 days of Galveston Tx beaches and 2 visits to High
Island it was back to our local migration viewing. 

Stopped by our local treatment plants (the Pits) at lunch time Tues and
Thurs. Not as many birds as expected but improved by Thursday, Blk-necked
Stilts have paired up and several nest sites are visible on Pit 5 and up at
Stiles Plant a lot more.

 

Location:     TN 2 Mem, Maxson Wastewater Lagoons(The Pits)/Earth Complex

Observation date:     5/1/07,1150am-105pm

Notes:     Birded most of my time in #5 lagoon, C Geese goslings here and
there in the tailings puddles. #4 virtually empty. #5 was looking pretty
good as I spied two lg groups of scattered birds half way down the levee.
However before I could start looking at them closely they all of a sudden
became a fleeting blur. I looked up and saw Jeff Wilsons reported Perigrin
Falcon coming out of an aborted dive, chasing all the birds from the main
part of the lagoon to who know's where. He circled high for about 10 minutes
and headed back to the tree perch. Birds left were the Group and pairs of
Blk-necked Stilts, and the few birds around the edges along the levee's. The
back corner proved to be a safe haven as a bunch of birds were back there.
Spotted Sandpiper doing his tipsy turvy walk. Alot of Solitary's all along
the levee's and especially in the back corner as well as the BW Teal. Bird
of the day was the Spotted and a Northern Waterthrush also found feeding
shoreside in the back corner. LBJ's all over the levee's Savannahs and Wht
Throats.

Number of species:     20

Canada Goose     21

Mallard     6

Blue-winged Teal     104

Peregrine Falcon     1

Killdeer     11

Black-necked Stilt     28

Lesser Yellowlegs     X

Solitary Sandpiper     21

Spotted Sandpiper     1

Least Sandpiper     17

Pectoral Sandpiper     19

Wilson's Snipe     1

Mourning Dove     9

Northern Mockingbird     1

European Starling     25

Northern Waterthrush     1

Savannah Sparrow     6

White-throated Sparrow     5

Red-winged Blackbird     30

Eastern Meadowlark     2

Location:     TN, Stiles Wastewater Treatment Plant

Observation date:     5/1/07, 225-245pm

Notes:     Quick stop to see whats present. No in depth count but for the
stilts. A few Teal still hanging in the open water. More than 3/4 of the
Blk-Necked Stilts were paired up and sitting on nests. 

Number of species:     12

Mallard     3

Blue-winged Teal     9

Killdeer     X

Black-necked Stilt     32

Lesser Yellowlegs     X

Solitary Sandpiper     X

Least Sandpiper     X

Pectoral Sandpiper     X

Rock Pigeon     X

Mourning Dove     X

European Starling     X

Red-winged Blackbird     X

Location:     TN 2 Mem, Maxson Wastewater Lagoons(The Pits)/Earth Complex

Observation date:     5/3/07, 1120am-1245pm

Notes:     Once again good number of Blk-necked Stilts. Lg flock at the end
of Pit #5 had hundreds each of Pects and L Yellow legs. Solitarys everywhere
along the levee's and in back corner . Spotted still there also. Bird of the
Day were the two Willet seen mid lagoon on the far side. These big birds
were hard to miss as they stood next to L yel Legs and Pects. @pair of Quail
flushed on separate levee's, one pair just wouldn't fly off until they
reached the end of the levee as I drove behind them. Todays late storm may
bring more in for tomorrow. Met Ed Conrad on levee #5 who was in search of
the White Rumps reported here yesterday by Jeff Wilson.

Number of species:     21

Mallard     3

Blue-winged Teal     X

Northern Bobwhite     4

Great Blue Heron     1

Killdeer     11

Black-necked Stilt     27

Greater Yellowlegs     1

Lesser Yellowlegs     400

Solitary Sandpiper     23

Willet     2

Spotted Sandpiper     1

Least Sandpiper     200

Pectoral Sandpiper     400

Wilson's Snipe     1

Mourning Dove     7

Northern Mockingbird     2

European Starling     X

Savannah Sparrow     X

White-throated Sparrow     X

Red-winged Blackbird     X

Eastern Meadowlark     1

 

John "Jay" Walko

Collierville, Tn

 



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