July 29, 2005 Dacus and Loosahatchie Bars Shelby Co. TN I had lunch today at Mud Island and found the 13 Black-necked Stilts still scattered along the bars for a couple of miles. There seems to be 3 family groups. The Piping Plover was still present and had picked up a ghostly friend, a Sanderling pretty well molted out into basic plumage. Still a sprinkling of peeps, Spotted and Lesser Yellowlegs. All there terns had disappeared except the Least and added to the list was a single Ring-billed Gull. I forgot to mention, yesterday on my way into Ensley Bottoms, I ran across a family of Mockingbirds and one was ashy white with a few pure white feathers mottling its breast. I've only seen one other leucistic Mocker and that was years ago. There was too much traffic to get a photo but maybe the weekend will change that. Quite a striking bird. Good Birding!!! Jeff R. Wilson OL'COOT / TLBA Bartlett, TN