Shelby County Fall Migration Count Day.
Riverport Rd Ponds / Sloughs, Shelby, Tennessee, US
Sep 15, 2018 2:10 PM - 2:45 PM
Protocol: Traveling
4.2 mile(s)
11 species
Wood Duck 13
Mallard 1
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 101
Killdeer 13
Great Egret 1
Snowy Egret 1
Little Blue Heron 1
Black Vulture 1
Turkey Vulture 1
Red-tailed Hawk 1
European Starling 75
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Ensley Bottoms--TVA Lake/Allen Fossil (Steam) Plant Ash Ponds, Shelby,
Tennessee, US
Sep 15, 2018 2:45 PM - 3:00 PM
Protocol: Traveling
0.4 mile(s)
5 species
Killdeer 1
Double-crested Cormorant 5
Great Blue Heron 1
Great Egret 4
Little Blue Heron 4
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Ensley Bottoms, Maxson Wastewater Lagoons(The Pits)/Earth Complex, Shelby,
Tennessee, US
Sep 15, 2018 3:00 PM - 4:55 PM
Protocol: Traveling
7.7 mile(s)
Comments: Hot, 90/humid, slight breeze but not enough to keep the Black
Flies away. Grasshoppers and Dragon Flies everywhere also.
Shelby County Fall Migration Count Day.
21 species
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck 51
Canada Goose 2
Wood Duck 5
Blue-winged Teal 106
Mallard 38
Mourning Dove 35
Black-necked Stilt 9 Plus three no fledged Juveniles.
Killdeer 13
Least Sandpiper 875 Two huge groups.
Buff-breasted Sandpiper 1 Seen atop Spread fields Berm hanging out with
some killdeer.
Pectoral Sandpiper 2
Greater Yellowlegs 4
Lesser Yellowlegs 32
Little Blue Heron 13
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 4 All juvs. continuing from last several weeks
White Ibis 68 (all Juvs) Continueing birds from several week visit. most
birds now hanginging out in the big pond # 5 to the south east of the property
some venturing into The back side of pit #4, and back to the finger ponds once
spooked/flushed as any thing drives by they are up.
American Kestrel 1
Peregrine Falcon 1 He who scatters shorebirds into the wind. Seen on a
long, long medium angle low level flight from the south into the central pits
where all the shorebirds (Least SP took flight.
Horned Lark 6
Northern Mockingbird 1
European Starling 250
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John "Jay" Walko
Collierville, TN
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