[TN-Bird] Memphis area today
- From: Terry Witt <terrywitt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: tn-bird <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 4 Aug 2013 15:26:59 -0700 (PDT)
Started early on President's Island
Only birds of significance were 3 juvenile Scissortailed Flycatchers on a wire,
and a flyover of 5 BB Whistling Ducks
Next stop: Mud Lake
Water level was quite high as I had expected, and access to the viewing area is
difficult
Nevertheless, I managed to obtain good scope views of a female Anhinga perched
in a tree top
There are no wading birds present
At Ensley, 3000 (?) shorebirds seen, 90 % Pectoral Sandpipers
Also present were good numbers of Least and Semipalmated Sandpipers, a few
Semipalmated Plovers, Lesser Yellowlegs, Solitary Sandpipers, and after much
searching a single Western Sandpiper. (Breeding Killdeer and BN Stilts seen in
numbers).
No sign of the Fulvous Whistling-Duck, but it was seen earlier this week, and
is likely still in the area.
Cheers
Terry Witt
Murfreesboro Tn
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