FreeLists / tn-bird / [TN-Bird] Shorebirds and Visitors - Ensley Bottoms

[OLCOOT1@xxxxxxx]

July 31 - Aug 1, 2004
Ensley Bottoms
Shelby Co. TN

Two trips to the pits this weekend produced a lot of shorebirds with birding 
visitors from Mississippi, Arkansas and Illinois. As usual the birds allowed 
us close up and personal views. There are still two active nests being attended 
by Black-necked Stilts and young from fuzzy balls to flying teenagers were 
seen. There were even some pairs of adults still hanging together, probably 
failed nesters. One family group had 5 young plus mom and dad while other 
family 
groups have not been so blessed and packed up and headed south.

On the Mississippi River before getting to the pits, I had single Caspian, 
Common and Least Terns and 3 Black Terns in breeding plumage floated or flitted 
around the pits on Saturday. 

The north wind kept a few birds coming and leaving on both days. The 
following species were seen with high numbers from the counts: Black-necked 
Stilt - 65 
adults and 84 immatures with more probably overlooked in all the hidden 
grassy pools. Killdeer - 524, Lesser Yellowlegs - 45, Solitary Sandpiper - 19, 
Spotted Sandpiper - 5, SANDERLING - 1, Semipalmated Sandpiper - 365, Western 
Sandpiper - 3, Least Sandpiper - 1135, Pectoral Sandpiper - 1060, Stilt 
Sandpiper - 
52, Short-billed Dowitcher - 1, and a single immature, male WILSON'S 
PHALAROPE allowed us close views.


Good Birding!!!

Jeff R. Wilson
OL'COOT / TLBA
Bartlett, TN


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