[TN-Bird] West Tn notes from the weekend
- From: Terry Witt <terrywitt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: tn-bird <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 13 May 2013 15:52:45 -0700 (PDT)
Went briefly by Ky Lake on Saturday
Lake level is very high, part of Paris Landing is flooded
Britton Ford is also under water and the lower road along the lake is closed
On Sunday, I birded Reelfoot to Memphis
Nothing special around the lake, but with all the water around, the levee was
more interesting
Flowers Sheep Road which washed out several years ago, now dead ends just west
of the levee (this is the old road to Island 13)
Scott Somershoe had mentioned looking here for shorebirds in an earlier posting
With the river at flood stage, there is no shorebird habitat, but the area is
attracting numbers of terns
Seen were 50 Least Terns, 6 Forster's Terns, 3 Black Terns,
and 1 Common Tern perched on a floating log
Bank Swallows are around, probably nesting in the area
In another spot, a group of Ring-billed Gulls included one adult Laughing Gull
At the pits in Memphis, a male Painted Bunting finally responded to tape at the
usual spot, but it took some time and two trips
I had no luck finding Western Kingbirds at the TVA power plant, and also at
the
McLemore Road power station
I decided to try President's Island again (third try this year)
No luck on Channel Avenue, but on the drive out on Harbor Drive at the APAC
operation, address 1210, one W Kingbird was on the wires and seemed reluctant
to
leave
Not sure how reliable it will be, but may be worth a shot
I must have just missed the Fulvous Whistling-Duck at Ensley this morning,
can't
win em all
Terry Witt
Murfreesboro Tn
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