Birded for a few hours Sunday morning. Good to see some shorebird activity. I had 6 species at the Phillipy pits area in Northern Lake Co. Tn. Not a lot of birds yet. There were 20 Black necked stilts that I counted. I had Dowitcher sp., Solitary Sandpiper, Least Sp. 30+ Lessor Yellow legs,4-pectoral Sp., The Black Bayou refuge is coming alive with the Herons and Egrets, post nesting. I frequently see Imm. Yellow-crowned Night HErons, Little Blue Herons, Green Herons are plentiful, Great Egrets, some Snowy Egrets, and Great Blues. There is a Barred Owl that likes to sit in the road down near the curve by the pump house. Hope we continue to have some good habitat for the returning shore birds. Habitat behind the pump house off of the levee is good but only found 2 least SP there. There are Wood ducks, Mallards and Hooded MErganzer along with the Egrets and Herons. Nancy Moore Bluebasin Cove B&B Reelfoot lake Lake Co, Tn =================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBER===================== The TN-Bird Net requires you to sign your messages with first and last name, city (town) and state abbreviation. ----------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------- To post to this mailing list, simply send email to: tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx ----------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, send email to: tn-bird-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * TN-Bird Net is owned by the Tennessee Ornithological Society Neither the society(TOS) nor its moderator(s) endorse the views or opinions expressed by the members of this discussion group. Moderator: Wallace Coffey, Bristol, TN wallace@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society web site at http://www.tnbirds.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Topographical Maps located at http://topozone.com/find.asp * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ========================================================