Sightings Report, 16 Jan 2007, Ensley Bottoms area, Memphis Shelby CountyLocation: TN 2 Mem,TVA PONDS Observation date: 1/16/07, 1:45-2:15pm Notes: Colllddd! and windy the ponds were really choppy today and the dredgers are still hard at work on the west side of the big pond. Float of ducks is small comparable to other days but small flocks were coming in as I was leaving. Lots of gull activity though around the dredging area. Hawks and Kestrels over the Earth Complexhuting for little furry creatures. Number of species: 11 Canada Goose 1 Ring-necked Duck 12 Lesser Scaup 500 Pied-billed Grebe 5 Double-crested Cormorant 9 Great Blue Heron 4 Red-tailed Hawk 7 American Kestrel 3 American Coot 16 Ring-billed Gull 84 European Starling 125 Location: TN 2 Mem, Riverport Rd Ponds / Swamp Observation date: 1/16/07, 2:15-2:35pm Notes: Lots of water everywhere now and the ducks are spread out in the timber and small pockets. Number of species: 11 Canada Goose 8 Gadwall 11 Mallard 10 Ring-necked Duck 17 Hooded Merganser 14 Pied-billed Grebe 3 American Kestrel 2 American Crow 3 Carolina Wren 1 Northern Cardinal 2 Common Grackle 4 This report was generated automatically by eBird v2 (http://www.ebird.org <http://www.ebird.org/> ) John "Jay" Walko 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 _____________________________________________________________