Location: TN 2 Mem, Maxson Wastewater Lagoons(The Pits)/Earth Complex Observation date: 5/6/07, 1020am-220pm Notes: Teal still present in the back corner of pit #5 and in the tailings puddles but not in the same numbers as last week. Shrike seen on the wires near the outfall plant over the grass fields. Black-necked Stilts all paired up and scattered on pits 4 & 5 on nests. Black-bellied Plovers seen on Pit #4 North side levee area on a slim grassy strip, one showed good coloring under neck to belly hopefully my pictures came out. Started day up at the outfall area scrub woods, finally got my life Painted Bunting. Orioles, Buntings, Tanagers in the scrub and trees. 23 Species seen just in the vicinity of the outfall plant. Pits were hot 89+ degs today. #4 had few birds. Geese, BN Stilts and the Plovers were the highlights. If there was a hundred birds spread out over the lagoon it was alot. Now over on the big lagoon #5, was another story, not as many as middle of last week but still good size flocks spread out. The back corner was abuzz with birds as 500-600 birds were back there feeding. Met Q.B. Gray when I turned around to exit and talked abit. He pointed out the White-rump Sandpipers that I had missed. Overall a good birding day for three hours. * Two lifers on the day. Number of species: 42 Mallard 5 Blue-winged Teal 50 Mississippi Kite 1 Red-tailed Hawk 1 Black-bellied Plover 2 Semipalmated Plover 15 Killdeer 16 Black-necked Stilt 21 Lesser Yellowlegs X Solitary Sandpiper 25 Spotted Sandpiper 2 Semipalmated Sandpiper 6 Least Sandpiper X *White-rumped Sandpiper 11 Pectoral Sandpiper X Stilt Sandpiper 6 Mourning Dove 27 Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1 Red-headed Woodpecker 1 Northern Flicker 2 Eastern Kingbird 6 Northern Shrike 1 Northern Rough-winged Swallow 7 Barn Swallow 26 Carolina Wren 1 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 2 American Robin 7 Gray Catbird 1 Northern Mockingbird 3 European Starling 6 Summer Tanager 5 Eastern Towhee 1 Savannah Sparrow X White-throated Sparrow X Blue Grosbeak 1 *Painted Bunting 1 Indigo Bunting 5 Red-winged Blackbird X Eastern Meadowlark 7 Common Grackle 19 Brown-headed Cowbird 3 Orchard Oriole 1 Baltimore Oriole 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 _____________________________________________________________