[TN-Bird] Purple Martins in Memphis
- From: OLCOOT1@xxxxxxx
- To: tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 2 Mar 2006 17:58:16 EST
March 2, 2006
Mid - Memphis
Robco Lake
Mud Island
Shelby Co. TN
I been too busy to check for Purple Martins the last few weeks but they are
usually here by now. Today, I was driving down Poplar and had a flyover male.
It jiggled my brain out of work mode and I stretched my time to check out the
places where I usually see my first Martins in February. At Robco Lake,
after a minute or two, I heard their calls tumbling down from high over the
transmission towers, there were at least 3 birds enjoying the warmth and bugs.
At
Mud Island, I had one bird feeding low out over the river. The Mississippi
has dropped steadily over the past month, down 20 feet from the last of
January, so there are lots of open sand bars but I did not see the White
Pelican or
the Peregrine Falcon during my short stay. Spring, like the proverbial camel
has poked its nose in the tent but our deepest snows in Memphis have been in
March;o)
Good Birding !!!
Jeff R. Wilson / TLBA
6298 Memphis-Arlington Road
Bartlett, TN 38135
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