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October 1, 2006
Mud Island
Shelby Co. TN
 
Sorry, I wrote up this post Sunday evening and it never appeared for some  
reason, lost in space I guess.
 
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Mike Todd and I returned to Mud Island Sunday around 10 AM and stayed till  
after 1 PM without finding the Cave Swallows. There were factors working  
against us as a tug boat with motors running full blast holding a string of  
barges 
in the current parked right in the mouth of the Wolf River. This barge  was 
there through out our stay and prevented the swallows from feeding in the  
current along the bank. The roost area was being bombarded by two World War Two 
 
fighter planes making runs low and directly over the wires. This only lasted an 
 hour or so and a few Rough-wings started reusing the wires but nothing like 
the  numbers seen on Saturday. Even the Chimney Swifts had moved away from the 
area  but could be seen across the river with the swallows in numbers.
 
We did a lot of scanning the clear blue skies and came up with; 3 Black  
Vultures, 1 Turkey, 1 adult Bald Eagle, 4 Northern Harriers (flying very high), 
 4 
Cooper's, 7 Broad-winged, 5 Red-tailed Hawks.
 
I'll be checking the area if I can get away this week and post findings.  The 
river has risen 16 feet over the last week or so and started a quick fall on  
Saturday. There are no sandbars visible but they should immerge again later 
this  week.  
Good Birding  !!!

Jeff R. Wilson / TLBA
6298 Memphis-Arlington Road
Bartlett, TN  38135



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