[TN-Bird] Trickle Down Migration

July 9, 2009
Miss. Rv.
Ensley Bottoms
President's Island
 
The Mississippi has fallen 12 feet and sandbars have been sticking their  
heads up but there will be a 3 foot hiccup that will erase any trace of many 
the  next few days. Anyway, Least Terns are staying out on the river now 
instead of  backwater areas and today I had my first Black Terns. As usual they 
were an  adult with a youngster out from Mud Island.
 
Western breeders are getting harder to locate on President's Island but  
there are still 2 nests where Western Kingbirds are feeding young at the nest; 
 one has a few birds that look ready to leave while the other has two 
adults  feeding very small young. I saw 3 hybrids being fed by an adult but no  
Scissor-tails.
 
They are weed whacking the far levee at TVA Lake so no Black-bellied Ducks  
today but I'm sure the bachelors will return. At the "Pits" I found my 
first  returning Lesser Yellowlegs and some Least Sandpipers plus lots of young 
 
Black-necked Stilts. Four adult Black-necks towered off the ground and 
chased a  Turkey Vulture off.   
Good Birding  !!!

Jeff R. Wilson / TLBA
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Bartlett, TN  38135
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