[TN-Bird] NW TN; 9/1/09
- From: "Todd, Michael C." <michael.c.todd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 3 Sep 2009 08:34:16 -0400
9/1/09
Chickasaw NWR (Lauderdale Co)
Moss Island and Great River Rd (Dyer Co)
Island 13 (Lake Co)
Jolly's Landing (Lake Co)
After working all night I decided to make a run over to the River, then north
up to Island 13 and Reelfoot. I tried unsuccessfully for the Wood Storks that
Jeff had recently at Chickasaw, but I don't think I got to exactly the right
place. Not much else at Chickasaw, though a field with 250+ Cattle Egrets was a
sight.
I spent a few minutes looking thru all the holes into the pond south of Moss
Island that has held the Spoonbill of late, with no luck. There were easily 600
waders in this area, mostly Great Egrets of course. When I drove up to the wet
area that the Spoonbills were found initially, and I saw them as well, there
were 300+ waders there, including the Spoonbill.
Island 13 had fewer birds, not over 200 shorebirds on the island. But quality
was good. I had a 5 plover day on Island 13, about as good as it gets in TN.
The Black-bellied was at the south end of the lake, I heard but never saw the
Piping, and there was a molting adult American Golden-Plover at the north end
of the lake, to go along with the 20 or so Semipalmated and multitude of
Killdeer. I missed that bird this spring somehow, so was glad to pick it up.
Also, there were 2 Baird's (adult and juv) and 1 Buff-breasted, also year birds
for me. The Sanderling numbers have grown to 6, with 1 molting adult and 5
juveniles. Only a few Semi Sands were out there, and only 1 Western. A Lesser
Yellowlegs did drop in while I was out there. Least Sandpipers and Killdeer
were by far the most numerous birds.
Tiptonville Bar was very quiet, nothing of note at all. I finished the day up
at Jolly's Landing, just north of Tiptonville. There is a large area of flats
here in a field, that was covered with shorebirds, close to 1000. I had been
there only 5 minutes when a Merlin came thru the area motoring south. It didn't
make a pass at anything, just had to let everybody know it was there. There
were no big shorebirds here, but there were good numbers of Pectorals, Semi
Sands and Plovers, a few Westerns, and I had 2 Baird's here as well. There is a
map of the location I am referring to in my Pbase album with the photos that
were take here. Under the title of each photo, there is a link to "view map".
After just a few minutes a big juvenile female Peregrine busted thru, putting
everything up into a frantic frenzy once again. She was unsuccessful and gone
just about as quick as she got there. She came back about 20 minutes later, and
this time I was ready for her (or as ready as you get for something moving like
a Peregrine). This attack only lasted 30 seconds or so as well, but I was able
to get some nice shots as she blazed right by me at low-level.
If anyone is interested, the shots from the Peregrine attack, including some
really close shots and some of the shorebirds that were flying by at eye-level,
as well as a couple of shots of Baird's on the flats here:
http://www.pbase.com/mctodd/peregrine_at_work , with the original size being
the sharpest, or the 1st shot starts here:
http://www.pbase.com/mctodd/image/116817945/original
I have also added some other shots from the day (more of the Spoonbill;
Baird's, Buffy, and Sanderling at Island 13) in my Summer/Fall 2009 gallery.
The 1st new image starts here:
http://www.pbase.com/mctodd/image/116820939/original .
Good Birding!!
Mike Todd
McKenzie, TN
birder1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
www.pbase.com/mctodd
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