Today is the Shelby County Fall Bird Count.
Ensley Bottoms, Maxson Wastewater Lagoons(The Pits)/Earth Complex, Shelby,
Tennessee, US
Sep 22, 2019 7:15 AM - 10:30 AM
Protocol: Traveling
6.5 mile(s)
Comments: 70 degs to start the morning out. Lots of shorebirds on Pit #4
(Big Stinky), others scattered throughout the complex.
30 species (+1 other taxa)
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck 43 additional 31 young less than 3 weeks old
in five broods.
Blue-winged Teal 43
Northern Shoveler 3
Mallard 30
Mourning Dove 33
Black-necked Stilt 36
Killdeer 338 Lots of Killdeer spreadout everywhere.
Stilt Sandpiper 25
Least Sandpiper 2605 conservative estimate mostly on big stinky or the big
pit to the south.
Pectoral Sandpiper 1
Semipalmated Sandpiper 8
Wilson's Phalarope 1
Spotted Sandpiper 1
Greater Yellowlegs 3
Lesser Yellowlegs 57
Great Blue Heron 2
Great Egret 18
Turkey Vulture 4
Cooper's Hawk 1
Red-shouldered Hawk 1
Broad-winged Hawk 1
Red-tailed Hawk 2
American Kestrel 1
Empidonax sp. 1
American Crow 3
Carolina Wren 2
European Starling 125
Northern Mockingbird 2
Northern Cardinal 5
Blue Grosbeak 1
Indigo Bunting 14
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S60070976 ;
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This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (https://ebird.org/home ;
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Ensley Bottoms--TVA Lake/Allen Fossil (Steam) Plant Ash Ponds, Shelby,
Tennessee, US
Sep 22, 2019 10:30 AM - 10:45 AM
Protocol: Traveling
0.25 mile(s)
Comments: Continueing through Ensly Bottoms area. Big Ash pond is nearly
dried up, flats are becoming overgrown. Environmental trucks all over the small
pond levee.
4 species
Mourning Dove 1
Double-crested Cormorant 1
Great Blue Heron 1
Green Heron 1
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S60071054 ;
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Riverport Rd Ponds / Sloughs, Shelby, Tennessee, US
Sep 22, 2019 10:45 AM - 11:05 AM
Protocol: Traveling
2.5 mile(s)
Comments: Quick look on the the way out of the Ensley area.
6 species
Wood Duck 41
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 33
Mourning Dove 4
Green Heron 3
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Blue Jay 2
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S60071084 ;
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This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (https://ebird.org/home ;
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John "Jay" Walko
Collierville, TN
www.pbase.com/jwalko
