Riverport Rd Ponds / Sloughs, Shelby, Tennessee, US
Aug 24, 2018 11:45 AM - 12:05 PM
Protocol: Traveling
4.2 mile(s)
Comments: clear and sunny warm 89deg at noon hour
8 species
Wood Duck 35
Mourning Dove 16
Killdeer 9
Great Egret 3
Green Heron 2
Mississippi Kite 1
Red-tailed Hawk 1
European Starling 57
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Ensley Bottoms, Maxson Wastewater Lagoons(The Pits)/Earth Complex, Shelby,
Tennessee, US
Aug 24, 2018 12:10 PM - 1:25 PM
Protocol: Traveling
3.3 mile(s)
Comments: Quick lunch run to the pits observed only a small portion of the
complex today due to time limits. Lots of heavy equipment moving around today.
20 species
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck 142 Also 7 fuzzy ducklings to one pair of
adults, lots of fledged birds this year.
Canada Goose 25
Blue-winged Teal 32
Northern Shoveler 9
Mallard 13
Mourning Dove 4
Black-necked Stilt 4
Killdeer 8
Least Sandpiper 7
Pectoral Sandpiper 61
Semipalmated Sandpiper 3
Little Blue Heron 39 Only one adult, all seen in high grassy swampy
lagoons, same areas all week
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 13 all juvs. same area all week.
White Ibis 43 Birds are still hanging out in the same area as they have
for last ten days. All Juv
Black Vulture 2
Turkey Vulture 2
Mississippi Kite 27 Lots of birds feeding overhead, several times some
would come in shrub high level to pick off big grasshoppers along levees.
American Kestrel 1
European Starling 60
Northern Cardinal 1
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John "Jay" Walko
Collierville, TN
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