[TN-Bird] Movement Coming Through

April 28, 2007
Ensley Bottoms
President's Island
Shelby Co, TN
 
Finally, diversity in spades at the pits. TWENTY species of WIND  BIRDS seen 
this morning: American Golden-Plover - 3 still in basic plumage,  Semipalmated 
Plover, kept coming up with 44-46 birds in all the pits, Killdeer  with many 
young, Black-necked Stilts, numbers up and pairs tending nests,  Greater 
Yellowlegs 4, Lesser Yellowlegs 360+, Solitary Sandpiper numbers still  above 
50, 
Spotted Sandpiper now 2 birds, Semipalmated Sandpiper -4, Western  Sandpiper - 
8 very colorful birds, Least Sandpiper, many in bright breeding  plumage, 
White-rumped Sandpiper, First Of Season for me with 6 birds counted,  Baird's 
Sandpiper 3, Pectoral Sandpiper total up from last week, Dunlin  1  in breeding 
plumage, Stilt Sandpiper 24+ in mix, plumage variable from basic to  almost 
full 
breeding, Short-billed Dowitcher 1 just starting to molt, 5  Long-billed all 
sleeping, Wilson's Snipe 3 and Last but not least!! 4 full  breeding plumaged 
female Wilson's Phalarope with a single male thrown in for  contrast. There 
could have been another bird but 2 of the birds were separate  from the 4 
feeding females and were moving around. I never could get all counted  in one 
run.
 
All the swallows were present including my FOS Bank, scattered groups of  
Eastern Kingbirds everywhere. Migrating FOS, Mississippi Kites at the ridge  
above the pits making straight line flights along with Red-tailed and  
Broad-winged Hawks plus more Mississippi Kites feeding over President's Island  
where I 
located our male Scissor-tailed Flycatcher back on territory for the 4th  year.
 
Now, I'll head north to try to catch up with a TN - RUFF for the  
year>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
 
Good Birding  !!!
Jeff R. Wilson / TLBA
6298 Memphis-Arlington Road
Bartlett, TN  38135

What is this feathered thing that lifts my heart to the  heavens.



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