[TN-Bird] Rainy Day Birding - Memphis

From: OLCOOT1@xxxxxxx
To: tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Fri, 23 Oct 2009 08:45:53 EDT
Oct. 22, 2009
Mud Island MS RV
Ensley Bottoms
President's Island
Shelby Co. TN
 
The MS RV is slowly relinquishing its hold of the sandbars, much slower  
than its fast rise but another rise is on its way. Places for birds to rest 
are  few and far between. The only birds on the river were a single DC 
Cormorant and  about 40 Rough-winged Swallows, no Tree or Chimney Swifts for 
the 
first  time.
 
At TVA Lake were 4 Pied-billed Grebes, 7 Coots, 3 Ring-billed Gulls but no  
Eared Grebes. The pair of immature Eared were later found just across the 
levee  on McKellar Lake. The installation of rip-rap along TVA Lake must have 
made the  youngsters move.
 
At the "Pits", there are still a couple of thousand Least to scan through  
and a few rewards to be had; 2 Lesser Yellowlegs, 7 Stilt Sandpipers (around 
 since Sunday), 2 Dunlin and 2 basic plumaged Western Sandpipers.  
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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