Sightings Report 28 Nov 06, Ensley Bottoms area, Memphis, Shelby County Location: Riverport Rd Ponds / Swamp Observation date: 11/28/06, 120-140pm Notes: Rainy day and cool, ducks moving all around the ponds and slough. Number of species: 7 Gadwall 36 Mallard 8 Ring-necked Duck 9 Hooded Merganser 19 Red-tailed Hawk 1 Killdeer 1 Blue Jay 2 This report was generated automatically by eBird v2 (http://www.ebird.org <http://www.ebird.org/> ) Location: TVA PONDS Observation date: 11/28/06,140-205pm Notes: Rainy Weather had all the ducks down and more coming in. Huge float of Scaup, largest I've seen this year. Mergansers were scattered in groups of 2 & 3. Cormorants all sitting on back side of the big pond as well as the Gulls. Coots, Ring-necks and Red heads and a couple of the Scaup were in closer to the reeds along with the Grebes. Cooler weather on the way may bring even more birds later this week. Number of species: 10 Gadwall 15 Redhead 12 Ring-necked Duck 11 Lesser Scaup 650 Hooded Merganser 17 Pied-billed Grebe 5 Double-crested Cormorant 17 Great Blue Heron 1 American Coot 31 Ring-billed Gull 15 This report was generated automatically by eBird v2 (http://www.ebird.org <http://www.ebird.org/> ) 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 _____________________________________________________________