Sightings Report, 3 Dec '06, Collierville area, Shelby County, TN Location: Frank Rd Landfill Greenbelt Park Observation date: 12/3/06, 2:00-4:15pm Notes: Cold and windy. Usual hedgerow/grassy/tall weed spots for LBJ's. Fox sparrow seen in the mixed pines/hardwoods on northshore of beaver pond. Number of species: 24 Mallard 4 Great Blue Heron 2 Turkey Vulture 1 Cooper's Hawk 1 Red-tailed Hawk 1 Killdeer 3 Mourning Dove 26 Belted Kingfisher 1 Downy Woodpecker 1 Blue Jay 9 Carolina Chickadee 1 Tufted Titmouse 3 Eastern Bluebird 3 American Robin 15 Northern Mockingbird 11 European Starling 150 Field Sparrow 5 Fox Sparrow 1 Song Sparrow 7 White-throated Sparrow 17 White-crowned Sparrow 3 Dark-eyed Junco 27 Northern Cardinal 7 American Goldfinch 1 This report was generated automatically by eBird v2 (http://www.ebird.org <http://www.ebird.org/> ) Location: Nonconah Greenbelt Trail Observation date: 12/3/06, 4:30-4:55pm Notes: First time visit with a quick walk prior to sundown on the new Greenbelt trail lots of LBJ's around the beginning of the trailhead at Schilling Middle School. Need to investigate this trail in more detail. Trail follows (says the map) the Nonconnah Creek, crosses several tribs, in and out of woods, development to north of trail. Looks promising. Has small outdoor classroom area (benches and platform). Cold and windy. Number of species: 7 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 2 American Robin 2 Northern Mockingbird 3 Song Sparrow 3 White-throated Sparrow 12 Dark-eyed Junco 7 Northern Cardinal 2 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 _____________________________________________________________