Sightings Report 16 Nov 2006 Ensley Bottoms Area, Memphis, Shelby County Once again at the Ensley Bottoms area, 4 days straight the type of birds present are about the same, daily numbers are fluctuating minimally. Today however after counting waterfowl, I sat down by the earth complex and scanned the fields of the area. My last scan produced 22 raptors soaring, hovering, diving, rising, sitting on a pole or flying away with a furry creature for lunch. Now some of the finds were long distance, but over half were id'd as RT Hawks, 2 were Northern Harriers. The rest most likely one of the two. Also seen was a Loggerhead Shrike over the old pumpkin patch and an Am Kestrel at the other end of the patch. Modos' and some Starlings rounded out the fields. Location: Riverport Rd Ponds / Swamp Observation date: 11/16/06,1220-1240pm Notes: Back again on Riverport Rd. More Rain last night is helping the dried up ponds and sloughs, There's now more water to swim in than the last few days in places. Still good mud flats. Mergansers really strutting their stuff. Number of species: 11 Gadwall 24 Hooded Merganser 67 Pied-billed Grebe 1 Turkey Vulture 2 American Kestrel 2 Killdeer 9 Rock Pigeon 29 Eurasian Collared-Dove 15 Mourning Dove 3 Belted Kingfisher 1 Blue Jay 6 Location: TVA PONDS Observation date: 11/16/06,1240-120pm Notes: Same Lg float of birds from the last three days. Numbers a little different. Scaup just hanging around with this cold front here in the midsouth. Lots of wind after this mornings storms. Sat down on the Access rd below TVA Ponds at Earth Complex and scanned the skies over the fields, 22 Hawks seen in My last scan soaring, hovering, diving, rising, sitting on a pole or flying away with a furry creature for lunch. Interesting lunch hour. Shrike is the same one reported several days ago, feeding over the old pumpkin patch. Number of species: 14 Lesser Scaup 350 Hooded Merganser 17 Pied-billed Grebe 5 Double-crested Cormorant 1 Great Blue Heron 2 Northern Harrier 2 Red-shouldered Hawk X American Kestrel 1 American Coot 52 Ring-billed Gull 2 Loggerhead Shrike 1 Eastern Bluebird 1 Northern Mockingbird 2 European Starling 15 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 _____________________________________________________________