Memphis Trip 2026

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From 5.13.26-5.16.26 my father, brother and I drove from Chicago, IL to Memphis, TN and back.


Black Vulture, Day 4


Day 1, 5.13.26:

Illinois: Rend Lake. Pictured: American Crow, Bald Eagle, Fish Crow, Black Vultures, Ring-billed Gull, Forster's or Common Tern, Great Egret and Double-crested Cormorant, Orchard Oriole, Baltimore Oriole, House Sparrow, White-crowned Sparrow, Chipping Sparrows, Common Five-lined Skink, Eastern Gray Squirrel.

Tennessee: Memphis. Pictured: Northern Mockingbird, Common Nighthawks.


Day 2, 5.14.26:

Tennessee: Memphis. Pictured: Northern Mockingbird, Great Crested Flycatcher, Brown-headed Cowbird, Mississippi Kites, Turkey Vulture.

Tennessee: Meeman-Shelby Forest State Park, Millington I. Pictured: Ruby-throated Hummingbirds, Cerulean Warbler, Northern Parula, Cape May Warbler, White-eyed Vireos, Indigo Buntings.

Tennessee: Meeman-Shelby Forest State Park, Millington II. Pictured: Broad-winged Hawks, Mississippi Kite, Black Vulture, Summer Tanagers, Tufted Titmice, Acadian Flycatchers, Barn Swallows, American Crow, Red-winged Blackbirds, Chipping Sparrow, Zebra Swallowtail, Stag Beetle

Day 3, 5.15.26: 

Tennessee: Memphis. Pictured: Mississippi Kites, American Robin, Northern Mockingbird, House Sparrow, Great Crested Flycatcher, Alder Flycatcher, American Kestrel

Tennessee: Metal Museum, Memphis. Pictured: Mississippi Kites, Blue Jays


Day 4, 5.16.26: 

Memphis: Shelby Farms Park, Memphis Part I. Pictured: Black Vultures, Canada Geese, Green Heron, Blue-winged Teal, Mallard, and Red-shouldered Hawk.

Memphis: Shelby Farms Park, Memphis Part II. Pictured: Blue-Grosbeaks, Canada Warbler, Summer Tanager, Barn Swallow, Northern Mockingbirds, Eastern Bluebird, Eastern Kingbird, Mourning Doves, Cedar Waxwings,  American Bison/Buffalo, Muskrat, and Turtles.