[TN-Bird] Mississippi Float/Flyway

From: OLCOOT1@xxxxxxx
To: tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Sat, 23 Oct 2010 19:48:26 EDT
Oct.17- 23, 2010
Ensley Bottoms, North Treatment Plant,
Mississippi River, Shelby Co. TN
 
My computer has been up and down all week. Birds have been moving all week. 
 Last weekend, the two treatment plants produced only 8 Wind Bird Species 
but at  Ensley a late PURPLE MARTIN was a nice heads up bird along with Tree, 
 Rough-wing, Barn and a smattering of late Chimney Swifts. My first of  
season western Red-tail was a light morph bird. American White Pelicans were  
fly-bys in 3 groups with 231 birds. Coopers were seen through the week, both  
hunting and migrating plus a single Sharp-shinned over the Wolf River at 
the  Mississippi.
 
The activity on the Mississippi was almost constant with the largest  
numbers on Wednesday, 11 pods of American Coots floating down river totaled; 
727  
Coots, 41 Ruddy Ducks, 7 Pin-tail, 16 Gadwall, 3 Ring-neck, 115 Blue-wing, 
7  Green-wing, 34 Shoveler, 4 GREATER SCAUP, 95 Pied-billed Grebes and 1 
EARED  GREBE. 
 
On Thursday morning, White Pelicans stacked up on the upper Loosahatchie  
Bar in two mounds but slowly broke off and drifted past, total 313 birds. The 
 only evidence to the event Friday, were drifts of white feathers at this  
location. Today the same cast paraded by, KEEP ROLLIN' ON THE  
RIVER>>>>>>>>>>...  
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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