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Nov. 11-12, 2006
TVA Lake - Ensley Bottoms
Mississippi River, Shelby Co. TN
 
The river had little to show this weekend as it is just starting to turn  
down after a near 20 foot rise. There was a Horned Grebe in the slack water out 
 
from Dacus Bar and 83 American White Pelicans slowly tooling down the  river.
 
Almost the first bird I put the scope on in the scaup flotilla at TVA Lake  
was an adult female Black Scoter, sleeping as usual. I'll post some photos as  
soon as I can showing why they can easily be overlooked as other species. This 
 is turning out to be a scoter year, maybe other species will hurry down. 
This  coming few weeks will be the best time to look for Snow Buntings as  they 
appear around Thanksgiving with regularity.
 
The Red-tail show continues at Ensley with the gorgeous adult rufous  morph 
adult having taken up a territory with favored perch and calling  out its 
possession frequently. The immature rufous was not seen but I  had little time 
to 
spare. The immature Krider's was still present but not  the adult. There were 
14 Red-tails in view at one time along with 3  Kestrels playing tag and male 
and immature Harriers. Least, Killdeer and Greater  Yellowlegs (6) were seen 
along with 9 camo Wilson's Snipe. 
 
Seventeen species of waterfowl seen from the river to Robco Lake.
 
Good Birding  !!!
Jeff R. Wilson / TLBA
6298 Memphis-Arlington Road
Bartlett, TN  38135


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