FreeLists / tn-bird / [TN-Bird] Big Tic Day in TN-AR-MS

[OLCOOT1@xxxxxxx]

May 7, 2007
 
Located here in Memphis, TN, where 3 states come together  and being on the 
Mississippi River, in the greatest flyway in the US, I get  a lot of "total 
tickers" coming through, adding "tics" to their state lists. I  enjoy taking 
these birders out and introducing them to my large patch. We have  some great 
birding locations in all three states nearby. 
 
Just for kicks, I thought I'd try to get 100 species in each of the three  
states in one day. Mike Todd humored me and came along with the Ol'Coot, just 
to 
 keep me out of trouble, but the whole trip would have been impossible 
without  his young eyes and great ear birding, I drove;o) 
 
As you can tell, it was done at a fairly easy pace because there were too  
many great birds to look at, all dressed up in their spring finery. We started  
late because we became discouraged on Saturday when discovering the  
concentration of ducks and shorebirds had left on the Northern Express, Friday  
night, 
quickly dropping our chances but we decided, what the heck!! Some details  
below and a trip specie lists as per state is available;o)
 
Looks like, with a little cooperation from the birds, more rain (we are in  a 
serious drought) and more time, you could get somewhere around 360 tics  in a 
day around here..............I wonder what the top "Total Tics" in a day  
would be?
 
              THREE STATE --- BIG  TIC  DAY     May 6, 2007     6 AM - 8  PM  
        Mike Todd  - Jeff R.  Wilson               TOTAL TICS -  329          
Totals, Time  and Areas by State    TN-111   - 6 am - 10  am     
Memphis-Ensley  Bottoms-Shelby Co.    MS-106  -10:30 am - 3:30  pm     DeSoto 
and  Tunica 
Co. - Horn Lake -Fish ponds-Arkabutla  Lake  AR-112  -4 pm - 8  pm     
Crittenden Co. -Island 40 Chute-Wapanocca  NWR             Total Species Seen - 
 153  
   Species seen in all 3  States - 75     Species seen in  2 States - 27     
Species seen in 1 State  Only -51          Species of  Note     California 
Gull -  Rare in MS - Arkabutla Lake   Brown  Creeper - Late in MS - Bass 
Landing, 
DeSoto  Co.   Bell's  Vireo - Rare in East AR Delta - Wapanocca NWR    
Good Birding  !!!

Jeff R. Wilson / TLBA
6298 Memphis-Arlington Road
Bartlett, TN  38135
http://www.pbase.com/ol_coot/
What is this feathered thing that  lifts my heart to the heavens.




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