[TN-Bird] Ed Davis Fish Farm, 4/26/09 & update from Jeff Wilson

4/26/09
Ed Davis Fish Farm
just outside Milan in Gibson Co
First of all, I talked to Jeff and in a quick run through the area he had the 
Swainson's yesterday, he had no luck. He will be back in area later. Also, in 
MS he and the Harboldt's are up to 21 Upland Sandpipers on the morning, in 3 
different locations. I love those birds, wish I was there!

I stopped by Ed Davis Fish Farms on the way home from work this morning, to see 
what the drawdown of the one pool was looking like. On the way in, I heard a 
singing Lark Sparrow. It took a few minutes, but I finally found the singer 
before he flew out into the middle of the big field here and went to ground. 
This is my 1st Lark Sparrow here, but I don't put much time in  here. Mark 
Greene gets Larks regularly in Gibson Co, but most of my time looking for them 
is spent in the counties north of here.

Warblers were very much in evidence, as I had 10+ Tennessee's, as well as 
multiple Palm, Nashville, and singing Blackpoll along about 30 yards of road. 
Rose-Breasted Grosbeaks were also very apparent. A singing Blue-headed Vireo 
also continued my better than average spring for this species over here on this 
end of the state.

The shorebirds were still present in good numbers, still mostly Yellowlegs, 
Least, and Pectorals though. The Stilt Sand has moved on, but now 8 
Semipalmated Plovers are working the mud. 3 Snowy Egrets were also enjoying the 
flats here.

I've added 3 more images from this morning, of the Lark Sparrow, R-B Grosbeak, 
Semi Plovers. The 1st one is here: http://www.pbase.com/mctodd/image/111777340

Good Birding!!

Mike Todd
McKenzie, TN
birder1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
www.pbase.com/mctodd

=================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBER=====================

The TN-Bird Net requires you to SIGN YOUR MESSAGE with
first and last name, CITY (TOWN) and state abbreviation.
You are also required to list the COUNTY in which the birds
you report were seen.  The actual DATE OF OBSERVATION should
appear in the first paragraph.
_____________________________________________________________
      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
                ------------------------------
                Assistant Moderator Andy Jones
                         Cleveland, OH
                -------------------------------
               Assistant Moderator Dave Worley
                          Rosedale, VA
__________________________________________________________
         
          Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society
              web site at http://www.tnbirds.org
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

                          ARCHIVES
 TN-Bird Net Archives at http://www.freelists.org/archives/tn-bird/

                       MAP RESOURCES
Tenn.Counties Map at http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/states/tennessee3.gif
Aerial photos to complement google maps http://local.live.com

_____________________________________________________________

Other related posts: