[TN-Bird] Weekend Shorebirds

June 14-15, 2008
West TN
 
At the pits in Memphis, 5 White-rumped Sandpipers moved in while the Stilt  
Sandpiper and Lesser Yellowlegs played buddies, 3 new Least Sandpipers  brought 
that total also to 5. The male and female Spotted Sandpipers were seen  
together again. The male is but faintly spotted and appears to be a first 
summer  
bird while the "cougar" is an older woman. Black-necked Stilts are hatching in  
every direction and Killdeer numbers are way up. All this while an adult  
Cooper's Hawk made two kills while I was there. It carried a grackle and a 
young  
Killdeer southeast in a little over 2 hours. Both times the bird came in low 
and  jumped a levee to surprise both me and everyone else. Just barely got 
quick  photos as the Cooper's sped away.
 
At Loop Road and Highway 103, in Dyer Co, there were 2 White-rumped,  and 
single Least and Spotted Sandpipers on one side of the road and a  Lesser 
Yellowlegs, 2 Least and 4 Black-necked Stilts on the other. At Mud  Lake in 
Lake Co, 
There were 2 White-rumps, 3 Least, a Pectoral and 6  black-necked Stilts plus 
a surprise pair of Semipalmated Plovers. A Bald  Eagle here, took a young duck 
and proceeded to pluck it before going east with  its plunder.
 
At the Phillippy Pits there was a gimpy Black-necked Stilt, and 2  
White-rumped Sandpipers.  
Good Birding  !!!

Jeff R. Wilson / TLBA
6300 Memphis-Arlington Road
Bartlett, TN  38135
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