Subject: TN Bird Report 15 (August 15, 2001)
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Hello, this is Chris Sloan and the BirdLine, sponsored by The Wood Thrush Shop in Nashville and in Franklin, and the Nashville Chapter of the Tennessee Ornithological Society. Bird Report 15, August 15, 10:00 P.M. You may press # at any time to leave a message, or, to email your reports to me, or to receive this report by email, email me at chris.sloan@home.com. For all your wild bird supplies, call the Wood Thrush Shop in Nashville at 356-7640 and in Franklin at 595-6327. A complete transcript of this report, complete with hyperlinks to maps and email addresses, is available through the TOS website at www.tnbirds.org.

Highlights include:

RUFF

PIPING PLOVERS

BAIRD'S SANDPIPER

WILSON'S PHALAROPES

all five regular terns

UPLAND SANDPIPERS

BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPERS

SCISSOR-TAILED FLYCATCHERS

Late summer and fall is shorebird time in Tennessee, and we're off to a running start. An adult RUFF of uncertain gender was discovered at the EARTH Complex in Memphis on August 4th (Jeff Wilson). A total of fourteen species were present. The RUFF was present through the 7th, but could not be found on the 8th, although a PIPING PLOVER and a BAIRD'S SANDPIPER were nice consolation prizes (Jeff Wilson). On the 9th, those two were joined by a WILSON'S PHALAROPE, and on the 10th, a second WILSON'S PHALAROPE and a different PIPING PLOVER were present (Jeff Wilson). Also on the 10th, all five regularly occurring tern species were observed at the nearby TVA Allen plant (Jeff Wilson). On August 11th, 17 species of shorebirds were observed in the Memphis area, with the EARTH Complex producing, in addition to some of the birds mentioned above, 4 UPLAND SANDPIPERS and 3 BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPERS (Jeff Wilson).

Also on August 11th, the Kingston Steam Plant hosted a WILSON'S PHALAROPE among seven species of shorebirds (Frank Bills).

A SCISSOR-TAILED FLYCATCHER was reported from Hawkins County on August 2nd (John & Dee Eiklor fide Rick Knight), and another in Claiborne County on August 11th (Janice Martin fide Wallace Coffey).

The next NTOS meeting will be Thursday, August 16th at 7:00 PM at Radnor Lake State Natural Area featuring a program on birding in Costa Rica. Shorebirds are on the move, and the fall migration is underway. Thanks for calling, and good birding.

Chris Sloan

chris.sloan@home.com

Nashville, TN