[TN-Bird] Seven Roseate Spoonbills - Mud Lake - Shelby Co. Plus

Sept. 28, 2008
Ensley Bottoms, TVA Lake
Mud Lake, Shelby Co. TN
 
At the Mississippi River this AM, other than a hint of sandbars and dikes  
peeking through the muddy waters, only a flock of 5 Lesser Yellowlegs and a  
single Black-necked Stilt were seen in an hour's watch.
 
At TVA Lake in Ensley, a single Black-bellied Whistling Duck was  
photographed and the juvenile Sanderling is still running around the  "Pits".
 
After reading about Roseate Spoonbills still to the north of us in Illinois  
and to the west of us in Arkansas, I decided to try Mud Lake just to the south 
 of Memphis and hit the Jackpot, finding 7 birds sitting in the top of a 
distant  Cypress snag. The birds could be seen through only one opening in the 
trees and  were about a mile away. I've got some photos and will post them 
later. 
The  snaggled topped Cypress is pretty distinctive and I'll bet the birds 
will return  there to roost. Just slowly scan the tops of the distant trees. 
The 
birds were  well inside the TN Line. I believe this is the highest  number 
even found in TN. I've had 3 spoonbills on 2 other occasions, in TN,  once 
northeast of Reelfoot Lake in Lake Co, and again in Cocklebur Lake just a  half 
mile 
from where these birds were resting.
 
We also had 24 Forster's Terns, 4 Long-billed Dowitchers, 21 Greater  
Yellowlegs, 5 Lesser, 1 Stilt Sandpiper and numerous Pectorals and Least  
Sandpipers 
working the far side of the lake along with Hooded Mergs,  Blue-winged Teal, 
Green-winged Teal, Mallards, Wood and Pintail  Ducks.
 
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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