[TN-Bird] Migration along the Mississippi River

From: OLCOOT1@xxxxxxx
To: tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, ARBIRD-L@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Fri, 6 Jul 2007 21:03:04 EDT
July 5-6, 2007
Mississippi River
Ensley Bottoms
Shelby Co, TN
 
Quick trips to these areas on both days, showed an increase in migrant  
numbers. On Thursday, on the Dacus Bar, I found Killdeer, 7 Least  Sandpipers, 
1 
Greater Yellowlegs (first of season), 2 Lesser Yellowlegs  (fos) plus 3 
Black-necked Stilts. At the "Pits" in Ensley Bottoms, I  had 1 Solitary 
Sandpiper 
(fos), 4 Least Sandpipers. I also counted 433 Killdeer  (380 on the big pit) 
and 2 
nests with 3 eggs each plus Black-necked  Stilts.
 
On Friday at the bar were Killdeer plus 17 Least Sandpipers, 2 Spotted  
Sandpipers (fos) , 1 Lesser Yellowlegs, 1 Pectoral Sandpiper (fos), 3  
Black-necked 
Stilts and a single molting Black Tern. At the pits, 2 Solitary  Sandpipers, 
8 Least Sandpipers plus the cast of regulars.
 
As I was leaving the "pits", I jumped a deer, she ran about 200 feet and  
stopped in the open for a photo op. When she stomped her foot and snorted, I  
knew she had young nearby. About 30 feet away in some weeds, I noticed  
movement. 
My field glasses revealed a fawn, I was able to get some great  shots of this 
little one. There probably was another nearby but I backed off.  The fawn was 
no more than a day old, looks great in the photos. I drove a  distance away 
and mom soon returned and took the youngster off into deeper  grass. 
 
Birding pays in many ways..........
 
Good Birding  !!!
Jeff R. Wilson / TLBA
6298 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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