[TN-Bird] Common Loon TVA Lake - Ensley

Oct. 21, 2005
TVA Lake-Ensley Bottoms,
The Pits and Mud Island
Shelby Co. TN
 
An appointment fell through and I had a couple of hours to indulge an itch.  
At the Pits, I found more ducks, lots of Killdeer and Least Sandpipers, 3 
Lesser  Yellowlegs, 1 Stilt Sandpiper, 1 Western Sandpiper, 1 Pectoral 
Sandpiper  
and 4 Wilson's Snipe.
 
On TVA Lake, there was an adult winter plumaged Common Loon, my first  of 
season. I believe it is only my second for these small lake  but they are seen 
frequently just across the levee in McKellar Lake. A few  photos were taken. 
There were also assorted ducks, Canada Geese, Great Blue  Herons, Great Egrets 
and a few DC Cormorants, 9 Coots, 3 Tree  Swallows, plus a couple of 
Pied-billed 
Grebes, using the lake. A long  string of 131 DC Cormorants flew south.
 
On the Mississippi River, I had 3 high flying Herring Gulls, 2 adults and  an 
immature, an adult Bald Eagle, 7 Coots, a flight of 9 Pintail, 6 Least  
Sandpipers, Killdeer, Great Blues, Great Egrets, 2 Tree Swallows and NO Chimney 
 
swifts.  
Good Birding  !!!

Jeff R. Wilson / TLBA
6298 Memphis-Arlington Road
Bartlett, TN  38135



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