FreeLists / tn-bird / [TN-Bird] Sightings Report, 8 May 2008, Stiles Wastewater Treatment Plant, Memphis, Shelby Co

["John Walko" <walko@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Location:     TN, Stiles Wastewater Treatment Plant
Observation date:     5/8/08

Notes:     Storm front came through during the early AM hours. South
Treatment plant a bust do to muddy levees so I traveled to the North Plant
with its dry gravel levees. Once flooded fields are now just mud flats
surrounding potholes. But there is life. Closer you get to the airport there
is more water and more birds. Blk-necked Stilts are feeding. Bird of the day
was the Blk-Bellied Plover See picts.Up on the upper levees overlooking the
Sludge pits were alot of sparrows in the grass. Dickcissel were calling from
the fields of green. Blk-necked Stilts are in heavy numbers. At least 50
pairs have set up home on nest sites. Other shorebirds in good numbers. some
numbers may be low since had to hurry before next rain squall came through.

Number of species:     28

Canada Goose     5

Mallard     3

Blue-winged Teal     2

American Coot     1

Black-bellied Plover     1

Semipalmated Plover     5

Killdeer     9

Black-necked Stilt     150

Spotted Sandpiper     3

Solitary Sandpiper     19

Lesser Yellowlegs     75

Semipalmated Sandpiper     3

Least Sandpiper     150

Pectoral Sandpiper     75

Dunlin     7

Rock Pigeon     3

Mourning Dove     5

Eastern Kingbird     1

American Crow     3

Barn Swallow     16

American Robin     4

Northern Mockingbird     2

European Starling     6

Savannah Sparrow     16

Dickcissel     7

Red-winged Blackbird     X

Eastern Meadowlark     3

Common Grackle     4

 

 

John "Jay" Walko

Collierville, Tn

http://www.pbase.com/jwalko

 



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