Location: TVA PONDS Observation date: 11/2/06,330pm-350pm Notes: Clear cool day, huge floats on the ponds. Blackbirds starting to mass up in huge flocks. Number of species: 8 Canada Goose 4 Lesser Scaup 119 Great Blue Heron 1 American Coot 67 Killdeer 5 Belted Kingfisher 1 European Starling 1000 Red-winged Blackbird 200 Location: TE Maxwell Lagoons Observation date: 11/2/06, 350pm-510pm Notes: Bird of the day was the Loggerhead Shrike on the phone line overlooking the old pumpkin fields. Good view of him, clean breast and good solid mask and fully dark beak. Harrier soaring low over the western fields. Lots of RT Hawks everywhere you look, at one time I had 5 in site at once. Number of species: 14 Canada Goose 68 Great Blue Heron 3 Northern Harrier 1 Red-tailed Hawk 9 Killdeer 96 Least Sandpiper 61 Mourning Dove 38 Northern Flicker 1 Loggerhead Shrike 1 Northern Mockingbird 2 European Starling 300 Song Sparrow 5 Northern Cardinal 2 Red-winged Blackbird 300 Location: Riverport Rd Ponds / Swamp Observation date: 11/2/06, 510pm-525pm Notes: Water way, way down since early in week. We need a substantial amount of rain. Number of species: 7 Canada Goose 9 Gadwall 7 Pied-billed Grebe 2 Great Blue Heron 1 Killdeer 3 Northern Mockingbird 1 European Starling 100 =================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 _____________________________________________________________