[TN-Bird] Bells Bend sod farm: 8 shorebird species
- From: "fekel" <fekel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 31 Aug 2014 15:12:02 -0500
Bells Bend - Old Hickory Blvd.
Sod Farm, Davidson Co., TN
Sunday 2014 Aug. 31
9-9:55 am
heavy overcast after overnight rains
After going to Bells Bend yesterday afternoon and only finding
a flock of 138 KILLDEER, I decided to try again this Sunday
morning to see if more shorebirds and perhaps a tern or two
would show up. At the sod farm near the end of Old Hickory Blvd
a very large pond of water had formed from yesterday evening's and
last night's rains. There were no terns there but I did find
a nice variety of shorebirds, 8 species, the best of which was
a single WESTERN SANDPIPER that flew in to a small relatively
close wet area, fed briefly, and then vanished.
Shorebirds:
Killdeer 28
Spotted Sandpiper 2
Solitary Sandpiper 1
Greater Yellowlegs 7
Least Sandpiper 7
Pectoral Sandpiper 3
Semipalmated Sandpiper 1
Western Sandpiper 1
There was a large flock of at least 110 AMERHCAN CROWs between
two of the sod fields.
Frank Fekel
Bellevue, TN
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