[TN-Bird] Shorebird Fallout - Shelby Farms
- From: OLCOOT1@xxxxxxx
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- Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2008 07:38:42 EDT
March 27, 2008
Shelby Farms
Shelby Co. TN
Yesterday, a run through the park yielded, 3 Upland Sandpipers, right on
time. These birds always show up at this location first ( most likely I just
watch for them here first), they are fore runners of the protracted migration
of
these elegant prairie birds. Last week, a few small flocks of American
Golden-Plovers were seen along with Pectoral Sandpipers in the flooded areas
of
the fields but yesterday, I witness a mid-day weather related fallout of the
following: American Golden-Plovers - 3 locations 45 birds, many new and
resident Killdeer, 4 Greater Yellowlegs, 7 Lesser Yellowlegs, 1 Solitary
Sandpiper
right on time for an early bird, 7 Least Sandpiper, 2 Baird's (these birds
trickle through early and have a very prolonged migration pattern), 230+
Pectoral Sandpipers, 2 Short-billed Dowitchers, my earliest date before was
March
19, a few of these birds wander early while now most of our early dowitchers
are Long-billed as they are wintering just south of Memphis in the MS Delta in
great numbers, and 81 Wilson's Snipe. Ten species and counting.
You gotta love them Wind Birds..............
Good Birding !!!
Jeff R. Wilson / TLBA
6300 Memphis-Arlington Road
Bartlett, TN 38135
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