West TennesseeMississippi Flyway★★★ Good
T.O. Fuller
Underbirded bottomland just south of Downtown
County
Shelby
Acreage
1,138
From Memphis
20 min
Habitat
Bottomland forest (Memphis met
Bottomland forest (Memphis metro)
Target species
YR
Barred Owl
Strix varia
“Hoot Owl”
YR
Eastern Bluebird
Sialia sialis
“Bluebird of Happiness”
M
Ovenbird
Seiurus aurocapilla
“Teacher Bird”
YR
Pileated Woodpecker
Dryocopus pileatus
“Lord God Bird (informal; properly the Ivory-bill)”
SB
Prothonotary Warbler
Protonotaria citrea
“Golden Swamp Warbler”
SB
Red-eyed Vireo
Vireo olivaceus
“Preacher Bird”
YR
Red-shouldered Hawk
Buteo lineatus
“Bottomland Hawk”
YR
Wild Turkey
Meleagris gallopavo
“Turkey”
SB
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Coccyzus americanus
“Rain Crow”
Full written guide: See content/trips/t-o-fuller.md in the repo for habitat breakdown, trail picks, species-by-species reasoning, and April timing notes.