[TN-Bird] Watefowl & shorebirds 11/14/02

11/14/02
Halls area & Lauderdale Waterfowl Refuge
Lauderdale Co.

After working all night I decided what better way to wind down than making 
the hour trip up to Lauderdale to look at the waterfowl in the area.

On the way over, the fields recently flooded for duck hunting were still 
hosting good numbers of shorebirds. One field just east of Halls in the 
Forked Deer bottom had a surprising collection of 8 shorebird species. Among 
the Killdeer and Snipe, were 19 Long-billed Dowitchers, almost all of which 
were juveniles. Also present was a single Pectoral Sandpiper, along with 
Least Sandpipers, Dunlins, and both Yellowlegs. In this same field my 1st 
Rusty Blackbirds of the season were feeding. Long-billed Dowitchers (4) and 
Dunlin were also seen at Lauderdale, and Greater Yellowlegs were seen in 3 
other fields in the area, along with many Wilson's Snipe.  

Lauderdale is always a treat this time of year. You could spend a lot of time 
here and still miss a lot of the birds. I stayed for about an hour, just 
going back and forth through the mass of birds. I had 17 species of 
waterfowl, with a couple of more that were no doubt in the mix somewhere. 
Geese were represented by a total of 9 individuals, but these broke down 
nicely to 3 Snow, 3 Blue, and 3 nice adult Ross's. The only real surprise 
duckwise was a female Greater Scaup among the few Scaup, among the many 
Ring-necks. 

Good birding!!!!!

Mike Todd
McKenzie, TN
Carroll Co.
mikectodd@xxxxxx
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