FreeLists / tn-bird / [TN-Bird] Sightings Report 12 Sept 06 Ensley Bottoms Area

["John Walko" <walko@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Sept 12, 2006. Memphis, Shelby County, TN
Location:     TE Maxwell Lagoons

Observation date:     9/12/06, 5:15pm-7:00pm

Notes:      Lots of birds at the pits today both the front and back big
ponds had huge flocks scattered over the area. Several times huge lift offs
would happen all to re-land several seconds later. Maybe 2000-3500 birds
total. Least & Semipalmated Sandpipers were about 95 percent of the crowd.
Starlings came in third with about 350. Pects were hard to find. The back
pond had a good size flock of 60 yellow-legs wading near side levee.
Migration starting to pick up.

Number of species:     15

 

Canada Goose     9

Mallard     1

Great Blue Heron     1

Red-tailed Hawk     2

Semipalmated Plover     1

Killdeer     55

Lesser Yellowlegs     72

Solitary Sandpiper     1

Semipalmated Sandpiper     1000+

Western Sandpiper     3

Least Sandpiper     1000+

Pectoral Sandpiper     35

Mourning Dove     7

Northern Mockingbird     2

European Starling     350+

Location:     TVA PONDS

Observation date:     9/12/06, 5:05pm-5:15pm

Notes:      Grackles around 100+, and Starlings 250+ are starting to mass up
into lg flocks. Waterfowl all congregating to the back of the large pond.
Small pond had only 2 Grt Bl Herons.

Number of species:     9

 

Canada Goose     10

Mallard     55

Double-crested Cormorant     15

Great Blue Heron     2

Great Egret     23

Mourning Dove     10

Eastern Bluebird     4

European Starling     250+

Common Grackle     100+

 

Location:     Riverport Rd Ponds / Swamp

Observation date:     9/12/06, 4:50pm-5:00pm

Notes:      Not a lot happening around the little bodies of water.

Number of species:     3

 

Wild Turkey     3

Great Egret     1

Mourning Dove     5

 

Jay Walko, MTOS, Collierville, Tn

 



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