Sightings Report 12 Nov 2006 Collierville Area, Shelby County, TN Location: Peterson Lake Nature Center Observation date: 11/12/06,1210-310pm Notes: 3hr walk on the new trail area and then onto the waste water plant area. Woodpeckers everywhere making a racket. New boardwalk to the Wolf River coming along nicely. Lots of birds in there today. Many birds seen at the bridge area. Clear cool crisp day for birding. Number of species: 29 Mallard 47 Great Blue Heron 1 Black Vulture 2 Belted Kingfisher 3 Red-headed Woodpecker 11 Red-bellied Woodpecker 7 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1 Downy Woodpecker 2 Hairy Woodpecker 1 Northern Flicker 15 Pileated Woodpecker 2 Blue Jay 4 American Crow 6 Carolina Chickadee 14 Tufted Titmouse 16 White-breasted Nuthatch 1 Brown Creeper 1 Carolina Wren 3 Winter Wren 2 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 2 Hermit Thrush 1 American Robin 47 Northern Mockingbird 5 Brown Thrasher 2 Yellow-rumped Warbler 9 Song Sparrow 11 White-throated Sparrow 21 Dark-eyed Junco 6 Northern Cardinal 7 Location: Frank Rd Landfill Greenbelt Park Observation date: 11/12/06 Notes: Short walk through the area, LBJ's all along the main path ahead of me , Unfortunately so were the people walking their dogs. Good bit of birds still. Clear cool crisp day. Number of species: 28 Canada Goose 4 Great Blue Heron 1 Red-tailed Hawk 1 Killdeer 2 Eurasian Collared-Dove 3 Mourning Dove 7 Red-headed Woodpecker 1 Northern Flicker 3 Blue Jay 17 American Crow 6 Carolina Chickadee 7 Tufted Titmouse 5 Carolina Wren 2 Winter Wren 1 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1 American Robin 37 Northern Mockingbird 16 Brown Thrasher 1 Cedar Waxwing 17 Yellow-rumped Warbler 3 Song Sparrow 9 White-throated Sparrow 12 Dark-eyed Junco 7 Northern Cardinal 14 Red-winged Blackbird 1 Common Grackle 150 House Finch 7 House Sparrow 5 Jay Walko, MTOS, Collierville, 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 _____________________________________________________________