FreeLists / tn-bird / [TN-Bird] Sightings Report, 4 Oct 2006, Ensley Bottoms area, Memphis

["John Walko" <walko@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Sightings Report, 4 Oct 2006, Ensley Bottoms area, Memphis, Shelby County,
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Location:     TVA PONDS

Observation date:     10/4/06, 5-510pm

Notes:      Slow once again since dredging is ongoing. Watched Kingfisher
dive come up with a shad lost it about 20 ft up but caught before it hit the
water. Impressive refusal to lose the catch.

Number of species:     5

 

Double-crested Cormorant     2

Great Blue Heron     1

Great Egret     1

American Coot     21

Belted Kingfisher     1

 

Location:     TE Maxwell Lagoons

Observation date:     10/4/06, 510-620pm

Notes:      Good amount of Least Sandpipers on the big pond but what was
surprising was how many were in the small ponds next to the drying fields.
Was breezy today. Immature redtails still around the front of the first two
pits and into the entrance fields as was the Kestral. Other RT's were spread
out the complex. 3 Greater yellow legs spotted in with the Lesser Yel legs.
Picts taken with the two together for comparison purposes. Starlings are
starting to mass up real good. 

Number of species:     12

 

Great Blue Heron     1

Great Egret     1

Red-tailed Hawk     4

American Kestrel     1

Killdeer     67

Greater Yellowlegs     3

Lesser Yellowlegs     43

Least Sandpiper     3000

Mourning Dove     42

European Starling     400

Red-winged Blackbird     17

Common Grackle     9

 

Location:     Riverport Rd Ponds / Swamp

Observation date:     10/4/06, 620-635pm

Notes:      Water in the ponds drying up fast.

Number of species:     7

 

Wood Duck     15

Great Blue Heron     1

Great Egret     5

Red-tailed Hawk     1

Killdeer     2

Mourning Dove     5

Blue Jay     2

 

Jay Walko, MTOS, Collierville, TN

 



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