Sightings Report 28 January 2007 Shelby Farms area, Shelby Cty, Memphis No actual count today, drove through the farms late this afternoon and took a quick look. With all the banter about the geese going on I'd like to let everyone know that the three main lake areas of Shelby farms had several hundred Canadian Geese spread among them. Patriot Lake and the Bison Fields next door had several good size flocks, also Am Coots. Pine Lake had almost 200 geese and some were of the smaller variety, Gadwalls, Mallards, 3 Am Black Ducks, and a Kingfisher. Beaver Lake at Shelter 4 also had a good amount of Geese- 100+, also Gadwalls, Ringnecks and some Mallards. And of course tens of thousands of Grackles, Starlings and Cowbirds and whatever other blackbirds that fly with the flock looking for a evening Roost. Shelby Farms is a good place as any to look at the different geese, and for some of us, other types sometimes fly in and stay for the day. Good Birding 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 _____________________________________________________________