[TN-Bird] Sightings Report, 5 Feb 2014, Ensley Bottoms area, Memphis, Shelby County
- From: John Walko <walko@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: Tn-Bird <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Dick Preston <dickpreston@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 5 Feb 2014 22:38:03 -0600
Lunch time run down to the Bottoms. Cold 30dgs, overcast.
No Long-tailed Duck today.
TVA, Allen Fossil (Steam) Plant ash ponds, Shelby, US-TN
Feb 5, 2014 12:30 PM - 12:45 PM
Protocol: Traveling
0.5 mile(s)
Comments: Cold Brisk Day 30 degrees overcast. Where did all the waterfowl
go???? Cold weather has sent them somewhere else.
8 species
Canada Goose 1
Ring-necked Duck 2
Lesser Scaup 11 There were close to a thousand a week or so ago.
Hooded Merganser 12
Pied-billed Grebe 1
Great Blue Heron 2
American Coot 1
Ring-billed Gull 5
View this checklist online at
http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S16804613
Ensley Bottoms, Maxson Wastewater Lagoons(The Pits)/Earth Complex, Shelby, US-TN
Feb 5, 2014 12:45 PM - 1:30 PM
Protocol: Traveling
2.5 mile(s)
Comments: Cold, windy and not alot around. Savannah sparrows and Am Pipits
along the west ern ditch feeding along the shallows.
16 species
Canada Goose 2
Gadwall 13
Mallard 20
Green-winged Teal 6
Northern Harrier 1
Red-tailed Hawk 4 Dark Harlans still present
American Kestrel 1
European Starling 150
American Pipit 6
Yellow-rumped Warbler 1
Savannah Sparrow 29 All over the rd edges and then down to the western rd
ditch.
Song Sparrow 16
White-crowned Sparrow 8
Northern Cardinal 6
Eastern Meadowlark 3
Brown-headed Cowbird 75
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http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S16804682
Riverport Rd Ponds / Sloughs, Shelby, US-TN
Feb 5, 2014 1:30 PM - 1:55 PM
Protocol: Traveling
1.5 mile(s)
Comments: Kinda empty on this cold 30 deg afternoon. Birds in short supply.
9 species
Wood Duck 2
Gadwall 24
Mallard 28
Northern Shoveler 22
Ring-necked Duck 13
Pied-billed Grebe 2
Great Blue Heron 1
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 50
American Kestrel 1
View this checklist online at
http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S16804709
John "Jay" Walko
Collierville, TN
www.pbase.com/jwalko
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