Strong shorebird numbers, to say nothing of the curlew--not an easy species
anywhere in the ABA area! Too bad the area is so inaccessible to the public.
Kevin BreaultBrentwood, TN
On Saturday, September 3, 2022 at 09:33:59 PM CDT, Ruben Stoll
<birdchaserrws@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
September 3rd 2022 The mudflats in the mouth of the Duck River in Humphreys
County continues to host a nice variety of birds through this afternoon with
several shorebirds new for the season dropping in with the thunderstorms and
the undisputed star of the show, the CURLEW SANDPIPER continuing and
cooperating for those with a kayak and a tolerance for ankle deep mud (a kayak
is needed to view anything smaller than a Golden Plover)
ROSEATE SPOONBILL, 9 yesterday which is a State high count, 7 seen tonight
roosting on the upper mudflats. These are spending much of the day in pool 1.
WHITE IBIS, 1 immature on the mudflats for much of the day.
WHITE-FACED IBIS, one photographed yesterday, September 2nd but wasn’t seen
today. In pool 1 and roosting somewhere up the Duck River.
WHIMBREL, FOS, 1 dropped in 10:30 a.m. and spent the day on the mudflats.
MARBLED GODWIT, FOS, 1 dropped in mid-afternoon and spent the evening on the
mudflats.
CURLEW SANDPIPER, continuing on the lower mudflats.
Killdeer, 100American Golden plover, 9Semipalmated Plover 15Buff-breasted
Sandpiper, 7White-rumped Sandpiper 1Baird’s Sandpiper 4Pectoral Sandpiper
265Western Sandpiper 8Semipalmated Sandpiper 40Least Sandpiper, several hundred
Stilt Sandpiper 7Short-billed Dowitcher 3Solitary Sandpiper 1Greater Yellowlegs
8Lesser Yellowlegs 25Spotted Sandpiper 5
As usual, complete checklists are all on ebird.Good birding!Ruben Stoll,
Pleasantville Tennessee
