[TN-Bird] Wind Bird Migration down to a Puff

May 26-27-28, 2007
Ensley Bottoms
Shelby Co, TN
 
The last trickle of migrant shorebirds made for slim pickings. Black and  
white figures dot the landscape as Black-necked Stilts are mostly down to  
sitting eggs and a few unmated males being chased around. There are still  
Killdeer 
making scrapes, others tending puff ball young and trying to keep up  with 
racing teens.
 
On Saturday, I counted 65 Semipalmated Sandpipers, that dwindle to 35 on  
Sunday and hit a big 5 on Monday. White-rumped Sandpipers went from 4, to 1, to 
 
a big Zero but we might get a few more over the next two weeks, although they  
started through early and might finish that way. A single Pectoral that had 
been  hanging around left on Saturday and it will be 4 or 5 weeks before we see 
any  returns. Least Sandpipers were down to 3 birds on Saturday, 1 on Sunday 
but  back up to 5 on Monday, being small and sneaky they are hard to keep up 
with and  the first returns are just a little over 3 weeks away. A surprise on 
Monday was  a single Spotted Sandpiper that appeared to be a male (sparse 
spots). They  have nested here once before, maybe again?   
Good Birding  !!!

Jeff R. Wilson / TLBA
6298 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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