[TN-Bird] Sky Scan / Eagle Lake / Plus

May 16, 2008
Eagle Lake
Shelby Co, TN
 
I spent an hour scopeing and scanning the sky over Eagle Lake Refuge this  
AM. It paid off with a male ANHINGA, lots of Great Egrets and Great Blues  
trading in and out of the rookery,  2 flocks of White Pelicans (80+),  Purple 
Martins and 5 species of swallows, many Mississippi Kites, an adult Bald  
Eagle, 
Red-tailed and Red-shouldered Hawks, a Cooper's and a Broad-winged  Hawk plus 
lots of Chimney Swifts. The Broad-wing was harassing a pair of  Red-shouldered 
Hawks while swallows were teasing the Mississippi Kites.  Black-necked Stilts 
were courting and other shorebirds were hiding in the  undergrowth.
 
Got a few more photos of the hybrid Western Kingbird and saw a total of 9  
Western Kingbirds and 3 Painted Buntings in north Memphis plus quite a few  
small flocks of Cedar Waxwings feeding on mulberries. Took one photo of a pair  
of 
Eastern Kingbirds sitting next to a Western Kingbird........
 
At the Mississippi River front, there were hundreds of Swifts,  Martins and 
swallows feeding along with Black and Least Terns. The male  AVOCET continues 
to feed and feud with the Black-necked Stilts south of DeWitt  Spain Airport 
north of Downtown. There were still 14 species of Wind Birds  feeding in these 
pot holes.  
Good Birding  !!!

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