[TN-Bird] Wind Bird Movement - Memphis

Sept. 17, 2008
Ensley Bottoms
Shelby Co. TN
 
A two hour trip after work revealed that the north winds had moved all the  
larger shorebirds to travel south. It seems the Stilts, Lesser yellowlegs and  
Wilson's Phalarope have left for the coast. Hopefully they will be replaced 
soon  with new recruits.
 
There is still a huge number of peeps to scan but Western and Semipalmated  
Sandpipers are again at a premium. Still there are rewards, as two juvenile  
BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPERS have moved out of the spread fields to the pits where  
they now strut about in their full glory. David Kirschke reported a  
GOLDEN-PLOVER  and the juvenile plumaged bird was still pacing the  flats 
Wednesday 
afternoon.
 
A count of 200+ Cattle Egrets going to roost on President's Island is  a big 
increase in numbers and quite a few Great Egrets and immature  Little Blues 
were seen heading to the island. No adult Little Blues or the  Tri-colored were 
seen. A single Forster's, 2 Caspian Terns, and 4 Ring-billed  Gulls were seen 
heading to the Horn Lake roost.   
Good Birding  !!!

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