[TN-Bird] MEMPHIS Nesting Update
- From: OLCOOT1@xxxxxxx
- To: tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 25 Jun 2011 08:06:36 -0400 (EDT)
June 2011
Shelby Co. TN
On President's Island; 2 active Scissor-tail nests, 5 active Western
Kingbird nests.
Pyramid nest downtown and northwest Memphis - 7 active Western K. nests -1
hybrid female on nest.
Northeast Memphis - 2 active Western K. nests
Southeast Memphis, includes Ensley Bottoms and Mud Lake: 5 active Western
Kingbird nests, 7 active Green Heron nests, 1 active Anhinga nest, 4
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron nests, PLUS high number of nesting Black-necked
Stilts
due to vegetated habitat, water and flood crowding. High number of adults
counted one day- 161, highest number of active nests one day- 68 many still
active as of 6/24, highest number of young counted one day (difficult to
count to say the least but exceptional numbers of broods of 4 brought off)
from first flight this week to just hatching - 86. I'm sure the
Black-bellied Whistling Ducks are nesting with 28 - 34 still being seen but
most are
first year birds just hanging out.
8 active and successful Loggerhead Shrike nests inside city limits. One in
the parking lot of a major shopping center;o)
Exceptionally high numbers of fledged Cow Birds and Starlings are now
already being seen in huge flocks.
The Good, the Bad and now the Ugly..........
Unfortunately, the Least Terns are forced to nest on open mainland due to
the flooding (the river at Memphis still over 20 feet after an almost 28
foot fall but on a 4 foot rise this week) and 99% of these nests will be
unsuccessful due to predation etc, etc..............
Good Birding!!
Jeff R. Wilson / TLBA
6300 Memphis-Arlington Road
Bartlett, TN 38135
http://www.pbase.com/ol_coot/
What is this feathered thing that lifts my heart to the heavens.
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