[missbird] Arkabutla, Tunica Dump, and Buck Island Road
- From: Hal Mitchell <halmitchell@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: Missbird <missbird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 21 Mar 2015 19:54:51 -0500
Hey All
I spent the afternoon wandering about Arkabutla, the Tunica dump, and Buck
Island road. I walked the 3 mile loop trail below the spillway hoping for some
migrant forest birds. I did not find anything there that was unusual and no
FOS species. I did observe a flock of about 20 Red-winged Blackbirds going
through the tops of the pine trees and eating the cone seeds like finches.
After that I headed over to the Tunica dump area to practice aging gulls
(thanks Gull ID workshop). Lots of Ring-billed Gulls but just 2 Herring Gulls.
Also, 9 Blue-winged Teal were observed waddling through the gulls loafing
area.
As I was slowly rolling down Buck Island road I briefly stopped when a few
Horned Lark jumped up. As I was sitting there looking at them I heard this
really loud WHOOOSSHHH right over the vehicle. I immediately looked over to
see a large flock of American Golden Plover coming in for a landing in the ag
field. This group was met by several other groups that kept whooshing overhead
in succession for a total of 303 individuals counted while panning through the
spotting scope. By far the most I have seen in one spot before. The sound of
them coming in was really really awesome.
Hope all is well
Hal Mitchell
Southaven, MSIMPORTANT ADDRESSES
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