Actually, I remarked to Clay at one point as we drove thru Obion WMA that I was
astonished that I had not seen a single deer fly all day! And we were accosted
by a few mosquitoes at only one locale. Now the same cannot be said for the
annoying, ankle biting stable flies, which were present off and on all day.
Overall this is a very odd year regarding insects to me. I have been seeing
VERY few butterflies over the past 6-8 weeks and we saw very few yesterday. And
here at home on the farm I bet I haven't seen a dozen Japanese beetles . . .
Can't imagine what could be causing such a change in "bugs" but maybe has
something to do with the late cold snaps?
bpb, Louisville
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From: Joyce Bender <landstewardky@xxxxxxxxx>================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBERS==============
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Subject: [birdky] Re: RPT: Western Fulton County, 7/8/2020 ... returning
shorebirds
But how were the deer flies and skeeters??
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On Jul 9, 2020, at 11:40 AM, <brainard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBERS=============
<brainard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Clay Bliznick and I powered through a brutal day of birding in western
Fulton County yesterday. We focused on the Lower Hickman Bottoms, but took a
trip up to the Upper Bottoms during mid-afternoon peak heat (although all we
did was run into even hotter conditions due to a brief shower there that
just made things muddy and more unbearably steamy!).
Highlights included 15-20 total Black-necked Stilts at a few locations; on
one levee pool west of Hickman we saw at least two large juvies indicating
at least a bit of successful nesting in the area this year. A few birds at
other locales showed no evidence of success.
We had 10 species of shorebirds on the day which included an adult Western
at the Phillippy Pits in adjacent Tennessee. KY shorebirds included a couple
of Spotties, one Solitary, a few Greater and 6-8 Lesser Yellowlegs, 2
Short-billed Dowitchers, scattered small numbers of Least, and 4 Pectoral
Sandpipers.
Small numbers of Least Terns were scattered about just about everywhere. We
also saw a couple of likely broods of large Hooded Merganser young.
We watched the south end of Lake No. 9 for the last hour and a half of the
day, but by the time we left there were only about 150 Great Egrets and 50+
Double-crested Cormorants roosting in the trees. A single Snowy Egret also
came in there. A larger roost is likely present down at the Phillippy Pits
where the largest number of egrets were feeding during the day. No sign on
either side of the state line of the recently reported White Ibis or Fulvous
Whistling-Ducks.
In the Upper Bottoms, besides a few of the shorebirds summarized above, Clay
spotted an apparently summering male Ring-necked Duck in the slough on the
west side of Upper Bottom Road just after you go over the main bridge.
bpb, Louisville
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