[TN-Bird] Reelfoot Area Birds - Sandhill Crane, etc.

  • From: Jon Mann <dback_jon@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Sun, 16 Apr 2006 09:40:45 -0700 (PDT)

Rob Lane and I birded Walnut Log, Long Point (KY) and
the Handicap Hunting Area in Black Bayou this morning.

Highlights include:

Walnut Log

Yellow-throated Vireo
White-eyed Vireo
Kentucky Warbler
Northern Parula
Prothonatary Warbler
Yellow-throated Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Louisiana Waterthrush
Common Yellowthroat

Long Point (KY - Reelfoot NWR)
Blue-winged Teal
Northern Shoveler
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs
Pectoral Sandpiper
Solitary Sandpiper


Black Bayou - Handicap Shooting Area
Blue-winged Teal
Northern Shoveler
Gadwall
Mallard
Wood Duck
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs
Pectoral Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Wilson's Snipe
Great Egret
Snowy Egret (8)
Little Blue Heron (2)
Sandhill Crane (1 - flying)
Virginia Rail
Common Yellowthroat

The Egrets and Little Blue were all at the far end of
the Handicapped Shooting Area.  The Snowies and the
Little Blues were roosting in trees. The Sandhill
Crane was also seen there.  
The Virginia Rail was flushed (twice) while walking
back to the end of the area.


A Spotted Sandpiper was also seen along the highway
just north of Walnut Log.  Walnut Log (also known as
the Grassy Island Auto Trail) is north of the Reelfoot
NWR headquarters in Obion County.  Black Bayou is in
Lake County.

Jon Mann
Nashville, TN

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