Visits to Arrow Lake near Mt. Pleasant and the Solutia (formerly Monsanto) area NW of Columbia today (Nov. 2, 2006) found that the waterfowl are definitely arriving, and some shorebirds remain. Shorebirds were all at Arrow Lake; Robert's Bend Rd Hogwallow was a bust, not even a Killdeer. Totals for water birds -- Canada Goose 3 (Solutia) Gadwall 3 (Arrow) American Wigeon 4 (Arrow) Mallard 10 (Solutia) Northern Pintail 1 (Arrow) Ring-necked Duck 26 (Solutia) Lesser Scaup 51 Bufflehead 4 (Solutia) Hooded Merganser 6 (Solutia) Ruddy Duck 14 Pied-billed Grebe 2 (Arrow) Double-crested Cormorant 11 Great Blue Heron 10 Great Egret 1 (Arrow) American Coot 5 (Solutia) Killdeer 38 Greater Yellowlegs 3 Lesser Yellowlegs 1 Long-billed Dowitcher 1 Least Sandpiper 8 American Pipit 1 (Solutia) Lighting at Arrow Lake was poor as usual, but IDs of peeps and dowitcher were confirmed by their calls when something unseen got the flock up. Bill Pulliam Hohenwald 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 _____________________________________________________________