[birdky] Re: Fulton Co. Willets; 4/23/05

All,

I omitted that a single Black-necked Stilt was also present at Long Point on 
the 23rd.

Good birding!!

Mike Todd
McKenzie, TN
birder1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
www.pbase.com/mctodd


----- Original Message ----- 
From: <birder1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Sunday, April 24, 2005 12:22 PM
Subject: [birdky] Fulton Co. Willets; 4/23/05


> 4/23/05
> Fulton Co.
> Yesterday Don Manning and I birded the Reelfoot area with a visiting 
> Montana birder. We made the loop around the top end of the Lake so birded 
> for a short time in KY.
>
> We hit the State Line as the wind was really picking up, probably gusting 
> well over 30 mph, and a as a driving rain started. We were just south of 
> the KY 311/Fulton Co. 1282 intersection, where there is some nice 
> shorebird habitat adjacent to the road, on the west side. While scanning 
> ahead I saw a flash of white landing, and then picked up 5 Willets 
> standing together in the wet field. This bad weather had evidently just 
> forced these western migrants down. They shortly thereafter tried to 
> leave, but hadn't gotten far north at all when they made a big sweeping 
> turn and came back in to light directly opposite of my car, allowing some 
> nice photo ops with my little Nikon Coolpix and 5X extender. Once again, 
> bad weather produces good birds. These were my 1st Willets in KY, and I've 
> only had them a handful of times in TN over the years. It was nice to be 
> within 50 feet of these birds as they chattered among themselves, possibly 
> making out alternate travel arrangements? :")
>
> Otherwise not much to report, the usual mass of both Yellowlegs, 
> Pectorals, and Solitaries at Long Point, etc. Several Bank Swallows were 
> mixed in among the many Tree and Barn Swallows feeding over the pools at 
> Long Point. The only migrant type warbler in KY was a nice Palm feeding 
> alongside the road.
>
> I have posted a couple of photos of the Willets in my Willet gallery at:
> http://www.pbase.com/mctodd/willet , the last two images are the birds 
> from yesterday. Once you click on a thumbnail, clicking the previous or 
> next button will take you to the corresponding image.
>
> Good birding!!
>
> Mike Todd
> McKenzie, TN
> birder1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> www.pbase.com/mctodd

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