[TN-Bird] Murfreesboro area birds

From: "Scott Somershoe" <Scott.Somershoe@xxxxxx>
To: <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 14 May 2011 14:06:06 -0500
I made a couple stops this morning around Murfreesboro and had a few 
interesting findings.  Cedar Waxwings have just appeared from somewhere.  I had 
them everywhere I went this morning.

Discovery Wetlands: 
-Over 500 cedar waxwings flew over the parking lot area over about 5 min, all 
coming from the east and landing in the trees around the boardwalk.  Several 
flocks of 30-100+ birds came through.  They were gorging themselves on the 
fruiting mulberry trees.
-A singing Gray-cheeked Thrush is always a treat.  
-I found a feral cat sitting next to 6 wood duck ducklings that it had killed.  
The ducklings were only a few days old. 


Stones River Battlefield: not much but hordes of mosquitoes and 2 Kentucky 
Warblers (and a few cedar waxwings)


Flooded fields on Kimbro Rd:
Quite a bit of nice shorebird habitat (for middle TN anyway).  Blue-winged teal 
and pied-billed grebes appear to have finally departed.  Nice group of 
shorebirds present!

Semipalmated Plover  8
Killdeer  6
Spotted Sandpiper  5
Solitary Sandpiper (Eastern)  2
Lesser Yellowlegs  2
Semipalmated Sandpiper  3
Least Sandpiper  51
Plus about 40 Cedar Waxwings

Cheers,
Scott Somershoe



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