[TN-Bird] Re: Godwit - Ensley

In a message dated 4/11/2011 1:15:44 P.M. Central Daylight Time,  
olcoot1@xxxxxxx writes:

Today, I  sit in the pouring rain looking at a soaked, Hudsonian in 
breeding  colors.

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Again, Bad Weather = Good Birds. The weather was perfect  to ground large 
shorebirds that normally overfly us here in Memphis. The  Hudsonian was early 
but wet, already showing much of its red breeding  plumage on flanks. A 
second flush of rain, and I do mean flush, brought   down two more large Wind 
Birds but they quickly dropped into some  of the dug out pits in the center 
area. I did not get good enough looks to  ID them through the down pour but 
they appeared much lighter in color than the  Hudsonian but near that size.
 
Other shorebird species were getting out of the splash in the  mud flats 
and moving onto the gravel roads and short grass  fields. 
 
Cattle Egrets and a Little Blue looked bedraggled standing in  the rain at 
Horn Lake Cutoff and a total of 28 Black-b Whistlers were found  today at 
various locations scattered from the Robco/Coro Lakes area to TVA  Lake.
 
I never get tired of being out in stormy weather during  migration time;o)
 
 
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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