[TN-Bird] Sightings Report 31 Oct Ensley Bottoms area Memphis

Sightings Report 31 Oct Ensley Bottoms area Memphis, Shelby County, TN
 

Location:     Riverport Rd Ponds / Swamp

Observation date:     10/31/06

Notes:      Grackles and Starlings beginning the fall roost. Ponds are
really low, atleast 4-5 ft low. Some of the more shallow ones have only a
trickle of water.

Number of species:     11

 

Canada Goose     10

Gadwall     16

Pied-billed Grebe     5

Great Blue Heron     2

Killdeer     9

Greater Yellowlegs     6

Least Sandpiper     5

Mourning Dove     3

Northern Flicker     1

European Starling     300

Common Grackle     300

 

Location:     TVA PONDS

Observation date:     10/31/06

Notes:      Huge flock roosting in the tall reeds along the ponds and levee,
turned the sky black when they lifted when startled by a RT hwk.

Number of species:     4

 

Great Blue Heron     1

Red-tailed Hawk     2

American Coot     47

Red-winged Blackbird     500

 

Location:     TE Maxwell Lagoons

Observation date:     10/31/06

Notes:      150 Least Sandpipers in the back corner of Pond 3. Frantically
feeding. Temperature dropping as I came into the pits and onto the levee's
short period of light rain. Middle of Pond 4 (the Big Pond) were about 500
Least SP, again all actively feeding. Something spooked them into a lift off
they swirled twice a a small flock of about 100 took offdue south and didn't
look back. The rest went about scurrying in the shallow waters. 3 Lesser Yel
Legs in the back corner. Killdeer still around throughout the area. Rain
coming in fast and the wind is picking up.

Number of species:     14

 

Blue-winged Teal     8

Great Blue Heron     2

Red-tailed Hawk     5

Killdeer     67

Lesser Yellowlegs     3

Least Sandpiper     650

Mourning Dove     12

Northern Flicker     1

Blue Jay     2

Northern Mockingbird     4

European Starling     35

Field Sparrow     2

Song Sparrow     5

White-crowned Sparrow     3

 

Jay Walko, MTOS, Collierville, TN

 



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