[tn-bird] Reelfoot Run
- From: OLCOOT1@xxxxxxx
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- Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2002 09:39:17 EDT
Oct. 17, 2002
Black Bayou WMA
Champy's Pocket-Reelfoot Lake
Lake Co. TN
A late afternoon run to Reelfoot to gander at the rails produced 31 Sora and
the normal cast of extras but the machines were too far away most of the time
and the area was very dry. Most of the 31 Soras were counted in a 15 minute
period of the two hour watch at the only time the combine wheels glistened
with moisture. They will complete most of the harvest today and if not the
rain will preclude harvesting tomorrow. On the way home I went to the area
around Miston and all the rice has been harvested there. Still looking for
that Virginia that has eluded me all year.....
At Black Bayou, huge flocks of Goldfinches were using the fields and one is
near perfect for Sharp-tailed Sparrows and one was seen nearby with a couple
of Swamp Sparrows had little time to search.
I got my first Common Loon for the season at Champy's Pocket and the gull
population is up with lots of Ring-billed and a couple of Herring. DC
Cormorants are everywhere but no luck on anything different. Ruddy Ducks are
rafted up with a sprinkling of Ring-necked and Pied-billed Grebes. An adult
Bald Eagle perched out on a stump was magnificent in the afternoon sun.
The Mississippi River is on another roller coaster ride and most sandbars are
under water, leaving little habitat for the normal late and early migrators.
Good Birding!!!
Jeff R. Wilson
OL' COOT / TLBA
Bartlett Tenn.
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