[TN-Bird] Mississippi River Run

July 29, 2005
Dacus and Loosahatchie Bars
Shelby Co. TN
 
I had lunch today at Mud Island and found the 13 Black-necked Stilts still  
scattered along the bars for a couple of miles. There seems to be 3 family  
groups. The Piping Plover was still present and had picked up a ghostly friend, 
 
a Sanderling pretty well molted out into basic plumage. Still a sprinkling of  
peeps, Spotted and Lesser Yellowlegs.
 
 
All there terns had disappeared except the Least and added to the list was  a 
single Ring-billed Gull.
 
I forgot to mention, yesterday on my way into Ensley Bottoms, I ran across  a 
family of Mockingbirds and one was ashy white with a few pure white feathers  
mottling its breast. I've only seen one other leucistic Mocker and that was  
years ago. There was too much traffic to get a photo but maybe the weekend  
will change that. Quite a striking bird.  

Good  Birding!!!

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

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