[TN-Bird] Hawk Migration along the Mississippi

Sept.21-22, 2008
Shelby-Tipton-Lauderdale Co. TN
 
Sunday, two Peregrines were flushing Wind birds at Ensley, one small adult  
and a larger immature. I've posted a photo of the adult in my 2008 album. There 
 is a family of adult and immature Kestrels plus Cooper's Hawks also 
occasionally  stirring up the mix. Early in the morning, an adult and an 
immature 
Harrier  made short visits before disappearing on thermals over the  Chucalissa 
 
ridge. At 8:45, the 3 adult and 5 immature Black-bellied ducks flew in from  
McKeller but soon left after the Peregrine came in to perch on one of the  TVA 
towers. The Broad-winged Hawks were late in getting up but a group of 5  soared 
over Eagle Lake, 9 at the Bluffs in Tipton Co, and another 6 later at  Lower 
Hatchie in Lauderdale Co. So things are looking up.
 
Monday, at my house the birds were acting funny, hiding in the brush and  the 
Jays were murmuring. After, much scanning, I discovered a Broad-wing in one  
of the Pecan trees and an hour later, I watched it leave to join 5 more  
Broad-wings circling high overhead; the first lift off I've seen at the house.  
Later, I would see two more kettles over Memphis, each with 8 or more  birds. 
Keep looking up................
 


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