FreeLists / tn-bird / [TN-Bird] Memphis TOS field trip; Shelby Farms

["Van Harris" <shelbyforester1223@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

There were almost more birdwatchers than birds on today's Memphis Chapter field 
trip to Shelby Farms Recreation Area in east Memphis.  Cold, damp cloudy 
weather held birds down but not these birders: Steve Veltman, Ed Thomas, 
Margaret Jefferson, Al Sampson, Chad Brown, David Blaylock, Betty Blaylock, 
Forrest Priddy, Barbara Priddy, Carolyn Bullock, Martha Waldron, Barbara 
Wilson, Lisa Jorgenson, Van Harris, Dick Preston, Barry Wall, Gail King, George 
Payne, Bob Ilardi, Elizabeth Sparks and Allen Sparks.
Birds seen:

Canada Goose - 98
Gadwall - 14
Am Wigeon - 1
Mallard - 93
N Shoveler - 1
Green-winged Teal - 1
Ring-necked Duck - 1
Ruddy Duck - 15
Great Blue Heron - 5
Turkey Vulture - 3
N Harrier - 2
Cooper's Hawk - 2
Red-shouldered Hawk - 1
Red-tailed Hawk - 6
Am Kestrel - 3
Am Coot - 1
Killdeer - 17
Rock Pigeon - 8
Mourning Dove - 20
Belted Kingfisher - 5
Red-headed Woodpecker - 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 9
Downy Woodpecker - 8
Hairy Woodpecker - 1
N Flicker - 12
Pileated Woodpecker - 2
Blue-headed Vireo - 2
Blue Jay - 12
Am Crow - 2
Carolina Chickadee - 6
Tufted Titmouse - 7
Brown Creeper - 2
Carolina Wren - 10
Winter Wren - 3
Golden-crowned Kinglet - 4
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 13
E Bluebird - 6
Hermit Thrush - 2
Am Robin - 66
N Mockingbird - 8
Starling - 34
Cedar Waxwing - 350
Orange-crowned Warbler - 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 18
E Towhee - 2
Field Sparrow - 28
Fox Sparrow - 1
Song Sparrow - 18
Swamp Sparrow - 5
White-throated Sparrow - 33
White-crowned Sparrow - 13
Dark-eyed Junco - 10
N Cardinal - 3
Red-winged Blackbird - 150
E Meadowlark - 33
Com Grackle - 3
Brown-headed Cowbird - 35
House Finch - 2
Am Goldfinch - 1

Van Harris
Millington, TN
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