[TN-Bird] Shorebirds and Raptors - TN-MS

From: OLCOOT1@xxxxxxx
To: tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, missbird@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Sun, 21 Mar 2010 12:14:58 EDT
March 20, 2010
Ensley Bottoms
Shelby Co. TN
DeSoto and Tunica Co, MS
 
At Ensley Bottoms in Shelby Co, there was little to be seen at the "Pits",  
single Pectoral and Lesser Yellowlegs, scattered Least Sandpipers and 5 
Wilson's  Snipe also two interesting Red-tailed Hawks and a traveling male 
Harrier along  with 4 Kestrels. Strings of north bound DC Cormorant and about 
35 
American White  Pelicans swirling slowly over the MS River. A LeConte's 
Sparrow was flushed from  a small wet area where it has spent most of the 
winter. At TVA Lake, an immature  Bald Eagle got up the ducks and gulls plus my 
first of season, pair of  Black-necked Stilts. 
 
There were 22 Ring-billed Gulls and 3 Bonaparte's before the eagle raid. In 
 among the few hundred Greater and Lesser Scaup were 19 Shovelers, 6 
Gadwall,  single hen Ring-necked and Hooded Merganser plus our "home girl" 
Red-breasted  Merganser which is in an extreme wing molt or has an injury. 
Green-winged Teal  rule the pits with 2 Blue-winged Teal and a few Mallards and 
Gadwall in the  mix. The Bald Eagles are still feeding their small young at 
Ensley as  well as the 2 other nests inside the city limits of MEMPHIS!
 
At the plover fields in DeSoto and Tunica Co, MS Golden-Plovers  were again 
moving with quite a few flyovers streaming north but some putting  down to 
add to the mix of scattered Pectoral an Least Sandpipers. Over 450  
Golden-Plovers counted in one field but alas no Upland this week.
 
A few photos can be viewed starting at: 
_http://www.pbase.com/ol_coot/image/122905574_ 
(http://www.pbase.com/ol_coot/image/122905574) 
 
 
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.


=================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBER=====================

The TN-Bird Net requires you to SIGN YOUR MESSAGE with
first and last name, CITY (TOWN) and state abbreviation.
You are also required to list the COUNTY in which the birds
you report were seen.  The actual DATE OF OBSERVATION should
appear in the first paragraph.
_____________________________________________________________
      To post to this mailing list, simply send email to:
                    tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
_____________________________________________________________ 
                To unsubscribe, send email to:
                 tn-bird-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
            with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field.
______________________________________________________________
  TN-Bird Net is owned by the Tennessee Ornithological Society 
       Neither the society(TOS) nor its moderator(s)
        endorse the views or opinions expressed
        by the members of this discussion group.
 
         Moderator: Wallace Coffey, Bristol, TN
                 wallace@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
                ------------------------------
                Assistant Moderator Andy Jones
                         Cleveland, OH
                -------------------------------
               Assistant Moderator Dave Worley
                          Rosedale, VA
               --------------------------------
               Assistant Moderator Chris O'Bryan
                        Clarksville, TN
__________________________________________________________
         
          Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society
              web site at http://www.tnbirds.org
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

                          ARCHIVES
 TN-Bird Net Archives at //www.freelists.org/archives/tn-bird/

                       MAP RESOURCES
Tenn.Counties Map at http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/states/tennessee3.gif
Aerial photos to complement google maps http://local.live.com

_____________________________________________________________
[TN-Bird] Shorebirds and Raptors - TN-MS

Other related posts:
