Not much by West Tennessee standards, but 10 species of shorebirds here is a big deal. Especially when one is a LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER. Found by Clyde Blum and identified by Jennifer Rydell and Gary Brunvoll, it was only the third time I have observed the species in the County since 1970. The bird was just west of the big white tent at Standifer Gap Marsh, observed this afternoon by 8 - 10 birders before the rains set in. The talley from?the Brainerd Levee(BL), Chickamauga Dam(CHD)?and Standifer Gap Marsh(SGM) is as follows: Semipalmated Plover - 12(SGM) Killdeer - (SGM, BL) Greater? Yellowlegs - 2(BL); 6(SGM) Lesser Yellowlegs - 40(BL); 35(SGM) Solitary Sandpiper - 6(BL); 4(SGM) Willet - 2 flybys @ CHD Spotted Sandpiper - 2(BL); 2(SGM) Least Sandpiper - 1(BL); 12(SGM) LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER - 1 breeding plumage, SGM Wilson's Snipe - 2(BL) Also observed today at the Riverport (just east of the Metals USA building) were 60+ BOBOLINKS and an additional 80 were present at the Brainerd Levee. Let's go birding, Daniel R. Jacobson Hixson(Chattanooga) Hamilton County, TN =================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 //www.freelists.org/archives/tn-bird/ EXCELLENT MAP RESOURCES Topographical Maps located at http://topozone.com/find.asp Tenn.Counties Map at http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/states/tennessee3.gif Aerial photos to complement google maps http://local.live.com _____________________________________________________________