Sightings Report 29 & 31 Jan 2007 Ensley Bottoms area, Memphis, Shelby County Two days at lunch to check out whats happening in the bottoms. Dredging and cold weather making the birds move around at the TVA ponds. Ducks are all scattered in the Riverport Rd area. Location: TN 2 Mem, Riverport Rd Ponds / Swamp Observation date: 1/29/07,1130-1155am Notes: Coldddd weather is here, ice is forming on the sloughs and ponds. Numbers of birds are down and scattered since the water is up high levels since the last several weeks of rain. Number of species: 14 Canada Goose 37 Gadwall 28 Mallard 2 Ring-necked Duck 19 Hooded Merganser 10 Pied-billed Grebe 2 Great Blue Heron 1 Red-tailed Hawk 2 American Kestrel 1 Killdeer 1 Northern Flicker 1 Eastern Phoebe 2 Eastern Bluebird 2 Common Grackle 35 Location: TN 2 Mem,TVA PONDS Observation date: 1/29/07, 1155am-1210pm Notes: Lg float of Lsr Scaup back on the big pond even with dredging going on.. Gulls in thick packed together in the back left corner near the dredging. Small pond starting to hold birds stirred up from the machinery. Number of species: 11 Canada Goose 1 Gadwall 29 Lesser Scaup 1200 Hooded Merganser 3 Double-crested Cormorant 1 Great Blue Heron 2 Killdeer 1 Ring-billed Gull 125 Mourning Dove 4 American Robin 18 European Starling 17 Location: TN 2 Mem,TVA PONDS Observation date: 1/31/07,150-210pm Notes: With the dredging most of the birds must be down on McKeller Lake. Float of birds is quite small and divided between the two ponds with the small pond holding more ducks. Quite cold with storm coming in tonight. Number of species: 9 Northern Shoveler 3 Lesser Scaup 300 Pied-billed Grebe 2 Great Blue Heron 2 Red-tailed Hawk 2 American Coot 22 Ring-billed Gull 105 Mourning Dove 12 Eastern Bluebird 3 Location: TN 2 Mem, Riverport Rd Ponds / Swamp Observation date: 1/31/07, 135-150pm Notes: Ponds & Sloughs freezing around the edges and smaller pockets. open areas being kept unfrozen by wind action. The Wood duck was a pleasant surprise amongst the others. Number of species: 11 Canada Goose 8 Wood Duck 1 Gadwall 39 Mallard 11 Ring-necked Duck 18 Hooded Merganser 15 Great Blue Heron 2 American Kestrel 1 Mourning Dove 27 Eastern Phoebe 1 Red-winged Blackbird 200 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 _____________________________________________________________