[TN-Bird] Belated report from Reelfoot area; 5/18/09
- From: birder1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- To: tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx (TN Birds)
- Date: Wed, 20 May 2009 22:28:20 +0000
5/18/09
Reelfoot Lake area
Obion, Lake, Dyer Co
Jared Barnes and I spent a rather quiet day birding around the Reelfoot area on
Monday. As everyone has commented lately, shorebirds were very hard to come by.
Habitat should be great for a late season push though, with all the water in
the fields right now. We had a surprising total of 11 shorebird species for the
day, with most of these in the regularly productive fields where Hwy 103 hits
the Great River Rd in Dyer Co. Here we had:
Semi Plover 11
Killdeer
Semipalmated Sandpiper 50
Least Sandpiper 10
White-rumped Sandpiper 3
Dunlin 35
Short-billed Dowitcher 1
We also had two pairs of Black-necked Stilts in Lake Co, several Spotted
Sandpipers at a wet spot in Obion Co, and 2 Greater and a Lesser Yellowlegs in
a flooded field off the Great River Rd in Lake Co.
Reelfoot Lake itself was pretty quiet as well, with literally not a duck
visible on it. An alternate adult Laughing Gull working out over the lake was a
surprise. Several terns were flying around out at the edge of vision, but the
only one that came close enough to ID was an adult Common, and one 1st-spring
Forster's was sitting on a stump not too far out. Least Terns were all over the
River and surrounding areas.
Passerine highlights were 2 Alder and 1 Willow Flycatcher heard singing, though
we didn't see any of them. These were all in Lake Co. A walk out to Black Bayou
where the Bell's normally show up wasn't successful, but a nice singing Sedge
Wren here was a nice consolation. Warblers were very scarce, with nice looks at
a male and female Cape May in the cypress trees at Keystone the highlight on
that front. I had hoped to try our spot for Connecticut Warbler on the road out
to Island 13, but it is under several feet of water! Around a hundred or so
Bobolinks were seen in groups along the levee, with all but a handful female
birds, as expected this late in their migration.
I've added a handful of shots from this trip (Tree Swallow, Yellow-billed
Cuckoo, female Bobolink, Least Sandpiper) if anyone is interested. The 1st
image starts here: http://www.pbase.com/mctodd/image/112750600
Good Birding!!
Mike Todd
McKenzie, TN
birder1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
www.pbase.com/mctodd
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