[TN-Bird] Sightings Report 15 Sept 07 Shelby County, Ensley Bottoms- Memphis & Collierville peterson lake

Location: Home feeders in Collierville tn through out day 4 hrs 
9/15/07

Hummingbirds, Ruby-throated  100+

Birds have been swarming all over the yard and at the 6 feeders that are up.

 

Location:     TN 1 Cvll, Peterson Lake Nature Center

Observation date:     9/15/07 7-830am, walk .75 mile

Notes:     Fall Migration count Within Shelby County Tn. Geese in good
numbers in the area every day now. Warblers in the bottoms during the
migration. We've had some rain so the bottoms are very active. Cool morning
in the low 60's.

Number of species:     31

Canada Goose     71

Mallard     37

Red-shouldered Hawk     1

Killdeer     4

Mourning Dove     7

Yellow-billed Cuckoo     1

Barred Owl     1

Chimney Swift     2

Ruby-throated Hummingbird     3

Belted Kingfisher     2

Red-bellied Woodpecker     2

Downy Woodpecker     4

Northern Flicker     1

Pileated Woodpecker     1

Eastern Phoebe     2

Blue Jay     5

American Crow     8

Carolina Chickadee     5

Tufted Titmouse     5

Carolina Wren     2

American Robin     12

Northern Mockingbird     2

Brown Thrasher     1

European Starling     37

Yellow-rumped Warbler     4

Palm Warbler     3

American Redstart     1

Prothonotary Warbler     2

Yellow-breasted Chat     1

Northern Cardinal     7

Common Grackle     85

 

Location:     TN 2 Mem, Riverport Rd Ponds / Swamp

Observation date:     9/15/07, 910-1005am, car 1 mile

Notes:     Same Grt Egrets(less in number, Wood Storks and Blk Cr Night
Herons as reported the last severel days. when the water and the fish
finally dry up so will the birds find another place to feed. Water levels
getting to the lowest of low. Migratory bird day for Shelby County Tn.

Number of species:     16

Wood Duck     3

Mallard     61

Great Blue Heron     5

Great Egret     103

Black-crowned Night-Heron     2

Wood Stork     3

Black Vulture     1

Turkey Vulture     7

Red-shouldered Hawk     2

Red-tailed Hawk     2

American Kestrel     1

Killdeer     7

Least Sandpiper     21

Rock Pigeon     17

Mourning Dove     9

Belted Kingfisher     1

 

Location:     TN 2 Mem,TVA PONDS

Observation date:     9/15/07, 1005-1015am, stationary

Notes:     DC Cormorants still utilizing the pond as a day roost. numbers
are fluctuating as birds come through. Can't see below the back levee into
Mckeller Lake though, there may be more down thee sitting the day away.
Migratory bird count Shelby County Tn.

Number of species:     5

Mallard     51

Double-crested Cormorant     96

Great Blue Heron     2

Great Egret     3

Red-tailed Hawk     1

 

Location:     TN 2 Mem, Maxson Wastewater Lagoons(The Pits)/Earth Complex

Observation date:     9/15/07,1015-1115am car 2 miles 

Notes:     Buff-Breasted are still present in the just mowed Pigweed along
the gravel roads separating the levees. L SP are shortter supply today than
past few days where we had thousands. Migratory Bird count Shelby County Tn.

Number of species:     7

Killdeer     57

Lesser Yellowlegs     1

Least Sandpiper     750

Buff-breasted Sandpiper     5

Mourning Dove     6

Northern Rough-winged Swallow     4

European Starling     9

 

 

John "Jay" Walko

Collierville, Tn

http://www.pbase.com/jwalko

 



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