[TN-Bird] Purple Martins / Long-tailed Duck at Memphis

Feb. 16, 2008
Robco Lake
Shelby Co. TN
Tunica Co. MS
 
Ran down to Tunica Co, in MS but all the real action was at Robco Lake in  
Memphis. As usual my first Purple Martins for the year appeared high over the  
lake along with an immature Bald Eagle. A few White Pelicans are still hanging  
around among the hordes (7500 plus) of scaup. I photographed 5 first of the  
year Forster's Terns, sitting on the dock.
 
I spent a few hours sorting through the masses of Greater and Lesser  Scaup, 
finding the leucistic female Lesser that has been around all winter,  plus 
Redheads, Canvasbacks, Ring-necks, Bufflehead, Ruddys, Mallard,  Gadwall, 
Shoveler, Hooded, a single female Red-breasted Merganser and  photographed an 
adult 
winter plumaged LONG-TAILED DUCK. 
 
There were no Rough-legged Hawks in there regular areas down in Mississippi  
but I had 4 Krider's, 2 dark morph Harlan's and 2 distant immature dark hawks  
among the numerous raptors down there. There are 6 Western Meadowlarks off of 
 Arkabutla Dam Road along with 18 Sandhill Cranes. Lots of geese  
..............
 
 
Good Birding  !!!
Jeff R. Wilson / TLBA
6300 Memphis-Arlington Road
Bartlett, TN  38135
http://www.pbase.com/ol_coot/
What is this feathered thing that  lifts my heart to the heavens.



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