[TN-Bird] River watch and Ensley Bottoms Weekend

Oct. 18-19, 2008
Mississippi River
Ensley Bottoms
Shelby Co. TN
 
Saturday, brought down a few new birds on the river, most noticeable were  
the Gadwall which suddenly appeared in numbers on both the river and TVA Lake 
at 
 Ensley. Still more and more Ruddy Ducks, Coots and Pied-billed floating 
south  with fewer and fewer Great Egrets and swallows. A single Lesser Scaup 
floated  with one bunch of Ruddy Ducks. Big numbers of southward bound DC 
Cormorants were  expected and I was not disappointed with big early flights 
both days. 
I got more  photos of the "Lord of Dacus" perched on one of its favorite  
perches. This Peregrine pretty much keeps the sandbars clean when  present. 
 
The weekend birds at Ensley were stirred by Osprey, Kestrel, Red-tails,  
Cooper's and Peregrine on Saturday and Osprey, Kestrel, Red-tails, and  a male 
Merlin on Sunday. Still thousands of Least Sandpipers with the following  high 
numbers of: Killdeer, Semipalmated Plover (immature molting present since  
Tuesday), Greater Yellowlegs ( Saturday, they have been scarce this year),  
Lesser 
Yellowlegs 9, Sanderling 1 (Saturday) , Least,  Western Sandpiper 6  ( all in 
basic plumage), Pectoral 1 (Sunday an immature), Dunlin 7, Stilt  Sandpiper 1 
( Sunday molted immature), and Wilson's Snipe 3. Twelve Wind Bird  species 
(counting Eagle Lake Baird's) was not a bad weekend total.
 
I photographed a mixed calurus/borealis Red-tail, a calurus light  morph and 
a rare light morph Harlan's at Ensley this weekend. The Red-tails  are 
moving.......... Keep looking UP!  
Good Birding  !!!

Jeff R. Wilson / TLBA
6300 Memphis-Arlington Road
Bartlett, TN  38135
http://www.pbase.com/ol_coot/
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