Location: TN, Shelby Farms Patriot Lake Observation date: 1/2/08 Notes: Large number of Canada Geese in and around Patriot Lake. 7 of the geese were much smaller than the big Canada's. Smaller bill, and head. Real cold last night and into today, max it got was around 30 dropping to teens tonight.Snipe seen in the Cypress wetland area on the SE Corner of Walnut grove Rd and Farm rd. Number of species: 10 Cackling Goose 7 Canada Goose 300 Mallard 15 Ruddy Duck 1 American Kestrel 3 American Coot 16 Killdeer 3 Wilson's Snipe 13 Ring-billed Gull 3 Horned Lark 9 Location: TN, Shelby Farms Pine Lake Day use area Observation date: 1/2/08 Notes: Continued lunchtime run through the park. Number of species: 9 Canada Goose 7 Gadwall 59 Mallard 35 Blue Jay 2 Tufted Titmouse 2 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1 Eastern Bluebird 3 American Robin 2 Northern Cardinal 5 Location: TN, Shelby Farms Picnic Shltr 4/Beaver Lake Observation date: 1/2/08 Notes: Ended lunch at the last lake and had no surprises. Number of species: 7 Canada Goose 14 Gadwall 7 Mallard 19 Ring-necked Duck 24 Great Blue Heron 1 Dark-eyed Junco 7 Northern Cardinal 2 John "Jay" Walko Collierville, Tn http://www.pbase.com/jwalko =================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 _____________________________________________________________