[TN-Bird] Sightings Report, Mon 2 Dec 2013, Ensley Bottoms and Environs, Memphis, Shelby Cty, Long-tailed Duck
- From: John Walko <walko@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: Tn-Bird <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Michael Todd <birder1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "Martha martha.waldron@xxxxxxxxx" <martha.waldron@xxxxxxxxx>, richard preston <dickpreston@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 3 Dec 2013 00:21:27 -0600
Lunch time run down to the bottoms, rewarded with the good views of the
Long-tailed Duck female preening in the middle of a raft of L. Scaup.
Riverport Rd Ponds / Sloughs, Shelby, US-TN
Dec 2, 2013 11:30 AM - 12:05 PM
Protocol: Traveling
1.5 mile(s)
Comments: Lunch run down to the bottoms. The big pond is holding 99% of the
waterfowl. Gadwalls, H. Mergansers, Ring necks make up the big crowds.
14 species
Wood Duck 3
Gadwall 285 Wow all over the back side of the big pond.
Mallard 8
Ring-necked Duck 31
Lesser Scaup 2
Hooded Merganser 52 These birds are showing up in good numbers where ever
I find them.
Ruddy Duck 3
Pied-billed Grebe 7
Great Blue Heron 3
American Coot 1
Killdeer 4
Blue Jay 2
American Crow 3
Common Grackle 29
View this checklist online at
http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S15837706
TVA - Allen Fossil (Steam) Plant ash ponds, Shelby, US-TN
Dec 2, 2013 12:05 PM - 12:50 PM
Protocol: Traveling
0.25 mile(s)
Comments: Not much in quantity but the quality was there. Female
Long-tailed Duck was preening and cleaning herself in the middle of the small
raft of L. Scaup. Later a Immature Bald Eagle flew from S to N to the
Presidents Island/McKellar Lake area.
12 species
Northern Shoveler 3
Canvasback 3
Lesser Scaup 82
Long-tailed Duck 1 Female Preening in the middle of the Scaup Raft 200 yds
from my viewing spot. Good scope views & acceptable diagnostic pictures.
Hooded Merganser 6
Pied-billed Grebe 4
Great Blue Heron 2
Bald Eagle 1 Immature flying S to N to Pres Island/McKellar lake area.
American Coot 8
Ring-billed Gull 2
Belted Kingfisher 1
American Crow 2
View this checklist online at
http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S15837725
Ensley Bottoms, Maxson Wastewater Lagoons(The Pits)/Earth Complex, Shelby, US-TN
Dec 2, 2013 12:50 PM - 1:20 PM
Protocol: Traveling
2.5 mile(s)
Comments: Quick run through the main pits, not much happening.
9 species
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck 1 1 juvenile hanging out on a hard bottom
island in the center pits area, where are the rest of the BBWD's this year?
Canada Goose 112
Mallard 5
Northern Shoveler 9
Great Blue Heron 2
Red-tailed Hawk 4
Killdeer 2
American Kestrel 1
European Starling 19
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John "Jay" Walko
Collierville, TN
www.pbase.com/jwalko
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