[TN-Bird] Sightings Report, 2 & 6 June, North and Soth Treatment Plants, Memphis, Shelby Co.

From: "John Walko" <walko@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "'richard preston'" <dickpreston@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 7 Jun 2008 23:01:21 -0500

Monday 2 June: Back from vacation in AZ and on Monday I visited the North
(Stiles) Treatment Plant. Am Avocet of previous posts no where in sight.
Black-necked Stilts still very abundant below and on the sludge Pits. Found
no less than 8 pairs of parent birds with broods of 2 - 4 long legged fuzzy
balls of chicks on the sludge pits, at least another 12-18 nests being sat
on or guarded. Killdeer really the only other shorebird around.
 

Friday 6 June: Ended the week with a visit to the Pits (South Treatment
Plant) and Ensley Bottoms. Hot, Humid and few birds except for the continued
good quantity of Black-necked Stilts scattered all about the facility. Again
Killdeer only other shorebird around. Lots of equipment traffic moving
around the levees and fields here during a late lunch hour visit.

 

Riverport Rd Ponds and sloughs-  2 - Yel Crowned Night Herons flying between
the ponds, 3- Green Herons and 2 least Terns.

 

Presidents Island: Visited the Scissor-Tailed Flycatcher nest for the first
time this year and moma bird is sitting tight. No sighting of the father.

15 Great Egrets, 1- G Blue heron and 2 Black-necked stilts feeding in wet
land area north side of Harbor Ave.to the west, Water drying up in these
once flooded areas and farmers starting to till up the ground.

 

South Memphis:

 Trigg Ave Western Kingbird Nest site: Another first of the year visit, Moma
Sitting tight here also. Father nearby and occaisionally coming in to keep
other birds at thier distance from the nest.

 

Candy Factory E. Kingbird nest site: Looks like a bird sitting on the nest
material but couldn't see well because of the angle. An E. Kingbird was
feeding nearby but never went to the nest.

 

John "Jay" Walko

Collierville, Tn

http://www.pbase.com/jwalko

 



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[TN-Bird] Sightings Report, 2 & 6 June, North and Soth Treatment Plants, Memphis, Shelby Co.

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