[TN-Bird] Late Weekend Update

Sunday, October 19, 2003
Ensley Bottoms and Dacus Bar
Shelby Co. TN
There was a little turnover at the pits from Saturday and also it was dry 
enough for me to make it to all the back holes and out of the way places. Two 
species added to the Saturday List were 2 Greater Yellowlegs that have been 
coming and going from TVA Lake from McKellar Lake plus a single Semipalmated 
Plover. They bring the weekend Wind Bird species count to 13. Only one Western 
Sandpiper could be found on Sunday among the many Least Sandpipers but the 
Pectoral 
count went up to 7 and the Dunlin count went to 9.

On the Mississippi River, a shortened vigil of only 2 hours did find a few 
migrating Pelicans (2 groups totaling 41 birds) and a couple of hundred DC 
Cormorants sliding through. On the raptor side of the ledger were 11 Am. 
Kestrel, 2 
Sharp-shinned, 2 Cooper's, 7 Harrier, 2 Red-shouldered, 9 Red-tails and 7 
Turkey Vultures all scooting south. Still only one Chimney Swift and a few 
straggling Tree Swallows. In the gull line, I had 138 Ring-billed Gulls at 
McKellar 
and 19 on the River and an immature Herring.

The amazing thing on President's Island is how the numbers of Eurasian 
Collared-Doves fluctuate, after counting over 400 a couple of weeks ago, I 
located 
less than 10 on Sunday. There are a lot of places you can't get to on the 
Island and I suspect a lot are crossing over to the train yards to the south 
where 
they have been seen in good numbers for years, but that population can appear 
and disappear just as readily.


Good Birding!!!

Jeff R. Wilson
OL'COOT / TLBA
Bartlett, TN


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