[TN-Bird] Holiday Birding

May 29-30, 2005
West TN and North MS
 
 
The shorebird numbers at the pits took another expected drop with just  
singles of many of the species left. One pair of the Painted Buntings appear to 
 be 
feeding young while two males continue boundary disputes. Both the Western  
Kingbird and Scissor-tailed Flycatchers are setting eggs and two more broods of 
 Black-necked Stilts have hatched. The Western Kingbird was again seen about 
a  mile from last years nest location in Tunica Co, MS but I never saw any  
indications of a second bird. Only one Whimbrel was seen on the Loosahatchie 
Bar 
 on Sunday morning but not visible a couple of hours later.
 
I took a trip to the area around Pickwick for Bachman's Sparrow and Prairie  
Warbler and found the warblers everywhere using my song finder but only had 
one  Bachman's singing all morning. I started to make a trip north to the area 
around  McKenzie for Lark Sparrow but got side tracked. I was trying to round 
off my TN  year list to 260 before June but had to settle at 259 and counting. 
It has been  a good year but a strange migration. I've still got a shot at a 
few misses this  fall.
 
Good  Birding!!!
Jeff R. Wilson
OL'COOT / TLBA
Bartlett,  TN


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