5/20/2010 Oneal Lake (Hatchie NWR)- Haywood County After work I made a quick run to Oneal Lake to check on David Kirschke's Black-bellied Whistling Ducks, with no luck. Checked again late afternoon on 5/21 on my way home from Memphis, also with no luck. Ed Davis Fish Farm-Gibson Co Ran thru here on way home as well, no shorebirds at all but a calling Alder Flycatcher was nice. Carroll Co- checked on my Willow Flycatchers in the Obion River bottom where I usually get them, also no luck. Did have a Lark Sparrow about a half-mile from where the two I posted photos of were. The distances these birds cover, could easily be one of that pair. Also a Loggerhead Shrike in the area, scarce summer bird. 5/21/2010 Reelfoot area to Memphis Hit Walnut Log (Obion Co), and had absolutely no transient warblers, though a Cerulean finally was nice. Did have a couple of calling Least Flycatchers as the highlight. Checked on Scott Somershoe's Bell's Vireo (Lake Co) , and heard it singing as soon as I stopped. Able to get some nice photos of this little sprite. Otherwise in Lake Co, not much. About 30 Black Terns were working over Reelfoot out from Keystone. Least Terns are around in good numbers now, and the ones at Phillipy had to resort to sitting in the road. Others were seen scattered around sitting in the flooded fields. Only shorebirds were a handful of Least, Semi and Pectorals, and a single Black-bellied and Semi Plover in the fields west of Ridgely. I crossed over to I-55 to make the trip to Memphis, since I hadn't been at all this spring. Had a dozen Black Terns feeding over a roadside lake along I-155 at Caruthersville, MO, which let me get some decent photos of them as well. My first stop in Memphis was President's Island. Didn't take long to find a pair of Western Kingbirds, but it took a little while to finally find a Scissor-tail, and it was a flyover. After this, hit Ensley and had a nice show by a male Painted Bunting. Nothing else at all in that area though. Shorebirds were practically nonexistent, guess the Peregrine had done it's work before I arrived. Had a few Semi Sands, Least, Pectorals, and a couple of Spotted's to go with the Killdeer and Black-necked Stilts. A hen Lesser Scaup was hanging out in one of the wet areas. That's all she wrote. I've placed some new photos in my Spring 2010 Gallery. Several of the Bell's Vireo, and several shots of a few others that gave me better than usual photo-ops. First new image starts here: http://www.pbase.com/mctodd/image/124797163/original 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 -------------------------------- Assistant Moderator Chris O'Bryan Clarksville, TN __________________________________________________________ Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society web site at http://www.tnbirds.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ARCHIVES TN-Bird Net Archives at //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 _____________________________________________________________