[TN-Bird] Egrets-Herons and Ibis - West TN

June 7, 2009
Lauderdale-Dyer-Lake
Counties, TN
 
A tour along the Mississippi River and adjacent flooded fields produced a  
few birds, the best being 3 dark Ibis seen leaving the Chickasaw NWR. Too 
far  for an ID but White-faced would be my bet. A Cooper's Hawk has been a 
regular  near the parking lot there during the past summers and appeared again 
yesterday.  Totals for Lauderdale Co: 388 Great Egrets, 151 Little Blue, 48 
Snowy, 44 Cattle  and a single Green Heron. The only two shorebirds other 
that Killdeer were a  pair of White-rumped near the Obion River bridge in a 
small puddle. Dyer Co: 215  Great Egret, 57 Little Blue, 37 Snowy, and 45 
Cattle. Lake Co: 219 Great Egret,  66 Little Blue, 36 Snowy, 187 Cattle and 1 
Green Heron. At Mud Lake there were  22 DC Cormorants acting like they were 
nested nearby. I did not make it to the  east side of Reelfoot Lake. 
 
Most amazing was the few ducks seen, such as NONE from the viewing platform 
 at Chickasaw and very few anywhere along the roads. Four Bald Eagles (2 
adult-2  young) at Chickasaw plus an adult at Mud Lake and 2 over Reelfoot 
Lake were  among the few raptors soaring but Mississippi Kites were feeding in 
large  concentrations in all three counties if you scanned the distant sky 
line.  
Good Birding  !!!

Jeff R. Wilson / TLBA
6300 Memphis-Arlington Road
Bartlett, TN  38135
http://www.pbase.com/ol_coot/
What is this feathered thing that  lifts my heart to the heavens.

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