[TN-Bird] Black-necked Stilts / Memphis

March 29, 2005
Ensley Bottoms
Shelby Co. TN
 
A quick trip to the pits produced 3 pair of these breeding ready,  
Black-White and Red beauties. The males' legs were ruby red and their black  
backs, 
sleek as a new Cadillac limousine. Killdeer are at scrapes and there were  5 
Pectoral Sandpipers, 3 Lesser Yellowlegs and 3 Wilson's Snipe. We are still a  
month away from any bloom in the pits but the token few are here!
 
All eyes watched as a Sharp-shinned Hawk lazily circled above and drifted  
north and both vultures were seen in small groups heading north along with  
long 
strings of Double-crested Cormorants. No ducks on TVA Lake due to  
construction.
 
 
 
Good  Birding!!!
Jeff R. Wilson
OL'COOT / TLBA
Bartlett,  TN


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