[TN-Bird] Ensley Bottoms - Robco/Coro Lakes and Tunica MS

Nov. 24, 2007
TVA Lake/Robco-Coro Lakes
Shelby Co.
Tunica Co. MS
 
 
There are constant flocks of scaup moving in and out of TVA Lake from  
McKellar with numbers going from almost zero to hundreds in minutes. Greater  
Scaup 
are easily picked up in flight and with little work IDed on the water.  
Present 11-24-07: DC Cormorants, Ring-billed Gulls, Coots, Pied-billed Grebes,  
Canada Geese,Wood Ducks-2, Am. Wigeon -2 hens, Gadwall, Mallards, Blue-winged  
Teal - 1 hen (first on the lake in 2 weeks), Northern Shovelers, No. Pintail - 
2  
hens, Green-winged Teal - 8, Canvasback - 11 been here two days, Redheads - 
11  hens, 12 drakes, Ring-necked Ducks- 19 hens, 28 drakes, GREATER SCAUP- 17 
hens  and immatures, 9 adult males, Bufflehead - 2 hens, Hooded Mergansers and 
5 Ruddy  Ducks.
 
In two days, the numbers on Robco/Coro Lakes has doubled with good counts  
both days and numbers still growing with the last fronts. Present: resident  
Canada Geese, Gadwall - 32, Northern Shovelers - 55+, Am. Wigeon 5,  
Mallards-appear to be all resident as numbers steady for 3 weeks, Northern  
Pintail -9, 
Green-winged Teal -31, Canvasback - 17 just starting to come in  finally, 
Redheads-17, Ring-necked Ducks - 1,550+,
Greater Scaup - 24 up close, I'm sure more in distant scaup flocks, Lesser  
Scaup 4,000 countable with almost equal number in far west corner putting  
numbers at 7,000+, One HYBRID Ring-necked/ Scaup male, Bufflehead - 38, Hooded  
Merganser -7, Red-breasted Merganser 3 hens and 890++ Ruddy Ducks.
 
Only 2 immature Rough-legged Hawks were located and photographed again  today 
in Tunica Co. and Ring-billed Gulls are finally in the fields in good  
numbers, over 500 counted near dump but no other species seen. Kestrel numbers  
jumped with the passage of the front with a slight increase in Shrikes. Oodles  
of 
Scow, Ross's and Greater White-fronted Geese.  
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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