[TN-Bird] Re: Red Knot Shelby County

  • From: <dickpreston@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sat, 13 Sep 2014 20:03:03 -0500

September 13, 2014
1:00 PM
Maynard Stiles North Treatment Plant 

Juvenile Red Knot first reported by Terry Witt on September first present here 
today. First uncovered pit on river side. Allowed close approach. Other 
shorebirds present:

Semipalmated Plover  (12)
Killdeer  (12)
Solitary Sandpiper  (5)
Greater Yellowlegs  (1)
Lesser Yellowlegs  (13)
Stilt Sandpiper  (12)
Sanderling  (2) both juveniles
Least Sandpiper  (154)
Pectoral Sandpiper  (19)
Semipalmated Sandpiper  (11)
Western Sandpiper  (3)

Later in the afternoon, Jay Walko reported three Ruddy Turnstones present, as 
well as the knot.

Note to visiting birders: management requests you enter office and go to 
computer room. Sign birder’s log book. Many times, no one is present, but doors 
are unlocked.

Dick Preston
Munford, TN
Tipton County

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