[TN-Bird] Fw: Shorebirds (Baird's, Upland), kites and more...

Thursday, August 12, 2010
Obion County, TN
 
I visited Reelfoot Indian Creek Number 10 Lake in Obion County (this lake is in 
northern Obion County near the Kentucky state line west of Woodland 
Mills) yesterday and found the water levels to be down quite a bit which 
exposed 
some mudflats around the outer edge of the lake.  There were lots of herons and 
egrets feeding along with a few shorebirds (including some Baird's Sandpipers):
 
Great Egret - 32
Great Blue Heron - 17
Snowy Egret - 2
Killdeer - 87
Baird's Sandpiper - 4
Least Sandpiper - 3
Western Sandpiper - 1
Pectoral Sandpiper - 1
 
Wednesday, August 11, 2010
Trenton, Gibson County
 
I had 33 Mississippi Kites feeding over an open field near the Forked Deer 
River.Tuesday, August 10, 2010
Lake County, TN
 
Tuesday, August 10, 2010
Bessie Bend, Lake County
 
I was working in the Bessie Bend area of northern Lake County on Tuesday and 
had 
the following birds of note, mostly along the levee:
 
Mississippi Kites - kites were putting on an impressive show with 37+ feeding 
along the levee and catching dragonflies right at eye level!
Wood Duck - hen with 3 half-grown young
Mallard - hen with 4 nearly grown young
Black-necked Stilt - 4
Killdeer - 34
Semipalmated Sandpiper - 3
Least Sandpiper - 14
Pectoral Sandpiper - 4
Upland Sandpiper - I heard one calling from a soybean field near the levee.
Least Terns - 27 were feeding along the edge of the Mississippi River
Bank Swallow - 5000+ were lined up on the power lines and feeding everywhere
N. Rough-winged Swallow - 500+ were mixed in with the Bank Swallows
 
Tuesday, August 10, 2010
Jackson. Madison County
 
While at my daughter's soccer practice on McClellan Road in the north part of 
Jackson, late Tuesday afternoon, I saw 16 Mississippi Kites feeding on 
dragonflies over the soccer fields.
 
Good birding,
 
Mark Greene
Trenton, TN
Gibson County

      

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