[TN-Bird] More Percy Priest Lake birds

Saturday (Shelby Park in Davidson County) and Sunday (Shorebirds in Rutherford 
County)
April 24 and 25, 2004
 
Saturday, after the marathon, I checked out Shelby Park and was delighted with 
5 vireos and 15 warblers, including 1 Bay-breasted and 2 ORANGE-CROWNED 
WARBLERS.
 
I was a bit behind Jay Desgrosellier today (Sunday), but this is what I found:
 
1 SCISSOR-TAILED FLYCATCHER at the same location on Florence Road--I got really 
excited because I didn't know that Terry Witt had already found a pair (!)  
Quite a surprise to check my email when I got back and hear that this bird was 
old news.
 
Wet areas just across the street from the flycatcher yielded 2 Semipalmated 
Plovers and just 1 Solitary Sandpiper (they're supposed to come that way).
 
The Murfreesboro dump had more to offer: 3 Green Herons, Wood Ducks, BW Teal, 8 
SOLITARY SANDPIPERS, 20 LESSER YELLOWLEGS, 1 SPOTTED SANPIPER, 3 SEMIPALMATED 
SANDPIPERS and 1 SEMIPALMATED PLOVER.
 
The boardwalk in Murfreesboro yielded a beautiful pair of YELLOW-CROWNED 
NIGHT-HERONS.
 
Happy Birding,
Jason Mann
Nashville, TN
 
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A ship is safe in harbor - but that's not what ships are for. 
 
Jason Richard Mann
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
2000 24th Ave. South #39
Nashville, TN 37212
(615) 491-8862
jasonmann@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
 
        -----Original Message----- 
        From: tn-bird-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx on behalf of Desgrosellier, Jay 
        Sent: Sun 4/25/2004 4:56 PM 
        To: TN-BIRD@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
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        Subject: [TN-Bird] Percy Priest Lake birds
        
        

        Sunday, April 25, 2004
        
        Percy Priest Lake vicinity (Rutherford Co., TN)
        
        On a tip from Terry Witt I checked the area around Florence Road and the
        I-24/840 overpass today. There sitting on the fence near one of the
        ponds were 2 SCISSOR-TAILED FLYCATCHERS, a male and female. I observed
        the birds for a few minutes, during which time the female flew up to a
        power line pole across the street and seemed to be actively inspecting
        it. Is this a possible nest site? We'll have to see, but, as Terry
        mentioned, this sure seems early for this species to be here.
        
        I also checked the flooded field along Kimbro Road and was surprised to
        find a good concentration of birds. In this small flooded field were 6
        SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS, 7 GREATER YELLOWLEGS, 35 LESSER YELLOWLEGS, 22
        SOLITARY SANDPIPERS, 18 PECTORAL SANDPIPERS, and 26 LEAST SANDPIPERS.
        Try as I might I couldn't pull anything else out, but this area could be
        very productive in coming weeks if the water level persists.
        
        Good Birding!
        
        Jay Desgrosellier
        Nashville, TN
        
        
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