[TN-Bird] Turkey Day Raptor Ramble

Nov. 22, 2007
Tunica Co. MS
 
I tried again to plot a raptor survey route and started at 10 AM and  
finished after covering 88 miles at 5 PM. This area still amazes me when it  
comes to 
raptor concentrations. With some help, there is no telling what numbers  we 
can tally with a few adjustments to the route I ran today. At some points you  
are literally surrounded by raptors. 
 
Here is what I came up with today: Red-tailed Hawks - Eastern-Western -  
Krider's - Dark Morph - Harlan's  were seen, total - 113, Red-shouldered  -2, 
Northern Harrier - 52 Rough-legged Hawk - 3 immature light morph, Cooper's  
Hawk - 
2, Sharp-shinned - 1 and American Kestrel 6.
 
179 Total - That's an average of a little over 2 birds per mile. One  
Harlan's that has been coming back now for 6 years to the same tree  was back 
on 
station as was a dark morph that has returned to the same  line of trees now 
for 
the 4th year.
 
I also had 9 Loggerhead Shrike, slightly lower number than I would expect  
but the wind was keeping them off the wires. Also I had 24 American White  
Pelicans and 5 Long-billed Dowitchers for bonus birds. The geese are in, big  
time, 
along with hordes of Lapland Longspurs, Horned Larks and Pipits.
 
 
Good Birding  !!!
Jeff R. Wilson / TLBA
6300 Memphis-Arlington Road
Bartlett, TN  38135
http://www.pbase.com/ol_coot/
What is this feathered thing that  lifts my heart to the heavens.



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