Sightings Report 9 Dec '06, Shelby Farms area, Memphis, Shelby County TN After our Memphis Chapter TOS search for ducks in SW Shelby County, I was driving home through the farms and said "Why Not", I had a borrowed scope, let's see whats in these waters. Highlights were Cackling Geese, Greater White Fronted Goose(IM) at Patriot lake, and the Am. Black Duck on Pine lake hanging with the Mallard flock. Location: TN, Shelby Farms Patriot Lake Observation date: 12/9/06, 12:55-1:35pm Notes: Scoped the lake, cold as it was. Three good size gaggles of geese one in the water at the end of the parking lot and two separate up on the bluff past the visiters center. At first I thought i was seeing things when some of the geese looked so much smaller than others. Then it hit me. Cackling Geese. Much smaller standing next to its cousin the Canada. Shorter beak by far. Noise they make is alot different. One other gGoose also stood out on the bluff, an immature Greater White-Fronted Goose. He acted like he belonged with the Canadians. Will try to go back tomorrow for pictures of all. Number of species: 16 Greater White-fronted Goose 1 Cackling Goose 31 Canada Goose 92 Mallard 9 Northern Shoveler 4 Canvasback 2 Ring-necked Duck 22 Ruddy Duck 9 Great Blue Heron 1 Red-tailed Hawk 1 Killdeer 3 Ring-billed Gull 1 Rock Pigeon 12 Mourning Dove 7 European Starling 35 Common Grackle 27 Location: TN, Shelby Farms Pine Lake Day use area Observation date: 12/9/06,1:40-2:10pm Notes: Continued trip around the local lakes of the "Farm". Number of species: 15 Canada Goose 39 Gadwall 18 American Black Duck 1 Mallard 37 Lesser Scaup 1 Turkey Vulture 2 Killdeer 9 Mourning Dove 3 Belted Kingfisher 1 Red-headed Woodpecker 1 Red-bellied Woodpecker 1 Blue Jay 1 American Crow 3 American Robin 3 Northern Mockingbird 1 Location: TN, Shelby Farms Picnic Shltr 4/Lake Observation date: 12/9/06, 2:10-2:35 Notes: Standing on the Dock of Beaver lake scoping out the visiters, a rush of sound came in low over my right side. Three separate squadrons of Ring-necked Ducks came screaming in to join those already in the water. Impressive how much noise 40+ ducks make in a landing approach at break neck speed and not a quack out of one of them. Number of species: 7 Gadwall 19 Northern Shoveler 23 Redhead 3 Ring-necked Duck 62 Lesser Scaup 2 Golden-crowned Kinglet 1 Dark-eyed Junco 14 This report was generated automatically by eBird v2 (http://www.ebird.org <http://www.ebird.org/> ) =================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 _____________________________________________________________