Oct. 8, 2008 Mississippi River Shelby Co. TN Twenty years ago, on Oct. 1, 1988, I saw my first Sabine's Gull in TN, an immature floating down the river and then flying north and out of sight. Today, at 8 AM an adult flew out of the mist and continued down river and as every time before the rush of seeing this beautiful mostly pelagic species inland was a breath taking experience. The Mississippi is the place to be, in September and October, to see this species but it takes patience. The mist and rain gave up few gulls today but they dribbled through for about an hour. Only once was there more than one in view at one time and then only 2 Ring-bills. A total of 3 Herring and 5 Ring-bills were seen but the thought of the Sabine's has been the bird keeping me coming back. This is the 7th I've seen on the river and the 3rd here at Memphis. Seek and ye shall find..............The Peregrine was hunting again today in the rain. Good Birding !!! Jeff R. Wilson / TLBA 6300 Memphis-Arlington Road Bartlett, TN 38135 http://www.pbase.com/ol_coot/ What is this feathered thing that lifts my heart to the heavens. **************New MapQuest Local shows what's happening at your destination. Dining, Movies, Events, News & more. Try it out! (http://local.mapquest.com/?ncid=emlcntnew00000001) =================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/ 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 _____________________________________________________________