[TN-Bird] Mississippi River and Ensley - Shelby Co.
- From: OLCOOT1@xxxxxxx
- To: tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 2 Oct 2008 07:48:52 EDT
Oct. 1, 2008
Shelby Co. TN
Well, the Mississippi River has dropped 14 feet in about 7 days finally
exposing some sand and rock dikes. A short afternoon trip produced the first
clump of Coots floating down the river, about 14 in a tight group. The only
shorebirds seen were a few scattered Killdeer on the fresh sandbars and 3
Sanderling hustling south.
At TVA Lake, again evidence of movement in 19 Coots in the mix of Mallards,
Shovelers and a few teal. Strings of DC Cormorants were heading south and a
few Great Egrets moving but numbers were way down from last week. For the
first
time in a long time, I'm almost tired of looking through hordes of Least
Sandpipers. There are a few gems to be found but it takes a lot of scanning as
Least are everywhere.
Snowflake, the partially albinistic Least Sandpiper has been present since
early August and as for the last 4 years will probably wait until November
before heading south. Besides the Least and Killdeer, a few Western
Sandpipers,
all in basic plumage, a Solitary and Spotted Sandpiper plus a few scattered
juvenile plumaged Pectoral and a single molting adult were all I could come up
with in about 45 minutes.
Good Birding !!!
Jeff R. Wilson / TLBA
6300 Memphis-Arlington Road
Bartlett, TN 38135
http://www.pbase.com/ol_coot/
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