Sightings Report 5-7 April Collierville Area, Shelby County Location: TN 1 Cvll, Frank Rd Landfill Greenbelt Park Observation date: 4/5/07,640-730pm Notes: Short walk through the Landfill. Killdeer have begun nesting in the leaf mulch piles. Found a nest with two eggs, broken wing act displayed very well. Solitary had set down to feed with the killdeer in the shallow water of the leaf pile puddles which also have attracted several ducks. Cold and windy. Number of species: 17 Canada Goose 26 Mallard 4 Blue-winged Teal 2 Killdeer 5 Solitary Sandpiper 1 Eurasian Collared-Dove 1 Mourning Dove 3 Blue Jay 3 American Crow 1 Purple Martin 12 Northern Rough-winged Swallow 3 Carolina Wren 1 American Robin 3 Northern Mockingbird 2 Northern Cardinal 2 Red-winged Blackbird 3 Common Grackle 6 Location: TN 1 Cvll, Home feeders 718 Gable Ln Observation date: 4/6/07, Daylong monitoring Notes: 1st Hummers of the season. One female early in the afternoon and a male showed up late. Red-shouldered Hawks making a racket in the woods. Number of species: 16 Great Blue Heron 1 Red-shouldered Hawk 2 Eurasian Collared-Dove 1 Mourning Dove 6 Ruby-throated Hummingbird 2 Eastern Phoebe 1 Blue Jay 7 American Crow 2 Carolina Chickadee 2 American Robin 9 Northern Mockingbird 3 Cedar Waxwing 2 Yellow-rumped Warbler 1 Red-winged Blackbird 7 House Finch 3 House Sparrow 9 Location: TN 1 Cvll, Peterson Lake Nature Center Observation date: 4/7/07,1045am-215pm Notes: COLD this morning even with the sun at midday. Wind was still abit strong.and cold. Warblers starting to show themselves as they attack the catapilars in the newley leafed out trees. Walked the boardwalk and the primative trail to the wastewater plant through the bottoms. The normal access path(a forest rd) is still to muddy/flooded to use. in fact halfway down a beaver has decided since there was a big puddle in the rd he was going to keep it that way by daming up the rd and surrounding area. Now there is a nice pond in the middle of the forest. Number of species: 35 Canada Goose 11 Mallard 11 Great Blue Heron 4 Turkey Vulture 7 Red-shouldered Hawk 1 Killdeer 3 Eurasian Collared-Dove 3 Mourning Dove 5 Barred Owl 1 Red-headed Woodpecker 3 Red-bellied Woodpecker 2 Downy Woodpecker 1 Pileated Woodpecker 1 Blue Jay 1 American Crow 2 Purple Martin 3 Northern Rough-winged Swallow 2 Carolina Chickadee 3 Tufted Titmouse 9 Carolina Wren 2 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 2 American Robin 7 Northern Mockingbird 2 European Starling 19 Cedar Waxwing 2 Yellow-rumped Warbler 9 Yellow-throated Warbler 1 Prothonotary Warbler 1 Swamp Sparrow 3 White-throated Sparrow 15 Northern Cardinal 4 Red-winged Blackbird 4 Eastern Meadowlark 2 Common Grackle 9 Brown-headed Cowbird 3 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 _____________________________________________________________