[tn-bird] Birding on Saturday

Shelby County
27 Apr 2002

    Yesterday I made an effort to find a large number of species here in the 
county.  It was not an all day effort, sort of a "lite" big day.
    I began at Shelby Farms at 6:15 (that's when the gates open -- sunrise); 
did not attempt nocturnal birding.  After about an hour, rain came, so that I 
stayed at the farm, putting off Shelby Forest.  So I checked the fields toward 
Senior Garden, finding a dozen bobolinks and a Grasshopper Sparrow.  Then at 
the large pond behind the fish farm, there was an adult Black-crowned 
Night-Heron.
    It was 9:00 before I got to Shelby Forest -- not good, but I thought the 
day might be rained out completely.  Fortunately, the rain was over, but the 
clouds remained.
    Next places checked were Eagle Lake and the EARTH Complex area.  Painted 
Bunting checked for, but not heard.  Had to drive Peebles Rd. a second time to 
see a Eurasian Collared-Dove.  Finally, checked Robco Lake to find a 
Ring-billed Gull, closing the day with 124 species.
Other notables:
Ring-necked Duck - 3 at Eagle Lake
Caspian Tern - 1 at TVA Lake
Forster's Tern - 1 at Shelby Farms
House Wren - 1 at Shelby Farms
Gray-cheeked Thrush and Blue-headed Vireo - Shelby Forest
Warblers - 22 species, including 8(!) Nashville, 6 Cerulean, 3 Worm-eating, 1 
Swainson's, 2 Northern and 4 Louisiana Waterthrushes

Rob Peeples
Germantown, Shelby Co., Tennessee

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