Sightings Report 13 Nov 2006 Ensley Bottoms Area, Memphis, Shelby County Location: TVA PONDS Observation date: 11/13/06, 415-445pm Notes: Thousands of blackbirds (Grackles, Red Wings, and Starlings)Massing up at sundown to roost in the reeds and the trees at the TVA ponds. Redtails 3, were sitting on the western most power pole in the pond, watching the roosting spectacle. Northern Harrier flew across low E to W and disappeared into the spoil area. Flotilla of ducks is good of size in big pond. No Scope. Mostly Lesser Scaup. Gadwells flying in at sundown. Lots of coots also. Smaller pond had the mergansers and another smaller float of coots and the Ruddy's. 30 minutes to sundown and the place was full of birds. Number of species: 13 Gadwall 51 Canvasback 22 Lesser Scaup 225 Hooded Merganser 27 Ruddy Duck 4 Pied-billed Grebe 3 Great Blue Heron 2 Northern Harrier 1 Red-tailed Hawk 3 American Coot 94 European Starlings, Red-winged Blackbirds, and Common Grackle Thousands roosting in trees & reeds. Location: TE Maxwell Lagoons Observation date: 11/13/06, 445-505pm Notes: Light fading away fast as 5pm approached. Hawks are scattered but 2-3 different ones were seen each time when I moved into each area. Grt Bl Herons were spread out from the ponds to the levee's to the drying fields. Too dark to tell what LBJ's were flying around. Geese were all on top of the levee not normally driven on near the drying fields enjoying the tall grasses. Killdeer only shore birds spotted. No Scope. Definitly two different N Harriers flying around the bottoms. Redtails all showing various colors/shades. One was very dark morph. Number of species: 11 Canada Goose 84 Gadwall 6 Great Blue Heron 5 Northern Harrier 1 Red-tailed Hawk 6 American Kestrel 1 Killdeer 6 Mourning Dove 9 Northern Mockingbird 3 Brown Thrasher 1 Red-winged Blackbird 50 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 _____________________________________________________________