I enjoyed the beautiful weather Saturday by showing two friends from Texas two
Memphis area birding areas. Although this is an in between time with winter
leaving and spring with it’s migrants soon to arrive, we managed to see some
great birds. They were pleased to see some unusual species for Texas while we
visited WC Johnson Park in Collierville and the pits of TE Maxson water
treatment lagoons. I was please d to see so many ducks and see some of the
migrants here. A big highlight were paris of Wilson’s Phalaropes and
Long-billed Dowitchers at the pits and a cooperative Winter Wren singing at
Johnson Park. Following are the eBird tallies.
Bird On!
Georges McNeil
Shelby County
WC Johnson Park - Peterson Lake Nature Center, Shelby, Tennessee, US
Mar 26, 2016 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.0 mile(s)
Comments: Georges, Bill and Dot. Beautiful cool morning about 54 degrees,
slight breeze from the south and sunny.
28 species
Canada Goose 2
Mallard 4
Great Blue Heron 10
Black Vulture 8
Turkey Vulture 3
Red-shouldered Hawk 3 2 seen, one heard.
Belted Kingfisher 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 6
Downy Woodpecker 5
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Pileated Woodpecker 3
Eastern Phoebe 1
Blue Jay 4
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 1
Carolina Chickadee 8
Tufted Titmouse 9
Brown Creeper 1
Winter Wren 2
Carolina Wren 5
American Robin 25
Cedar Waxwing 4
Yellow-rumped Warbler 4
White-throated Sparrow 8
Eastern Towhee 3 Heard only.
Northern Cardinal 6
Brown-headed Cowbird 3
Purple Finch 3
American Goldfinch 4
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Ensley Bottoms--Maxson Wastewater Lagoons (The Pits)/Earth Complex, Shelby,
Tennessee, US
Mar 26, 2016 4:15 PM - 5:30 PM
Protocol: Traveling
1.0 mile(s)
Comments: Georges, Bill and Dot. Sunny and about 73 degrees, low humidity
light northerly breeze about 5-10mph.
25 species
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck 20
Canada Goose 10
Gadwall 4
Mallard 4
Blue-winged Teal 16
Northern Shoveler 100 Actually 100 is being conservative. Good mix of
males and females.
Green-winged Teal 6
Pied-billed Grebe 4
Great Blue Heron 1
Red-tailed Hawk 1 Dark morph HARLAN'S. White tail and jet black underwing.
American Coot 8
Black-necked Stilt 4
Killdeer 12
Solitary Sandpiper 2
Greater Yellowlegs 1
Lesser Yellowlegs 26
Pectoral Sandpiper 18
Long-billed Dowitcher 2
Wilson's Phalarope 2 Classic winter plumage. Yellowish legs, pale gray
back, thin black bill, white face and Phalarope body shape. May have pictures
later.
Mourning Dove 4
European Starling 25 Conservative number.
Savannah Sparrow 6
Red-winged Blackbird 50 This is a conservative number.
Eastern Meadowlark 4
Brown-headed Cowbird 2
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This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org ;
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