July 4, 2006 Shelby Co. TN DeSoto Co. MS I checked up on the Western Kingbirds in Shelby Co, TN and DeSoto Co. MS today and found one pair at Ensley Bottoms (southwest Memphis) carrying food to fledged young and one pair in Frayser (northwest Memphis) doing the same. In DeSoto Co, MS, I found and photographed 4 young in Mississippi's second nest for this species. Mom and Dad were busily feeding gaping orange lined beaks. These birds will be leaving the nest shortly. Again, I saw a third adult bird at this location? A real surprise came on President's Island in Memphis where I found the male Scissor-tailed Flycatcher taking care of 3 fledged young. They had traveled about 1/4 mile from the nest site. I took a few distant photos as the young birds enjoyed a brief rain shower. Dad was doing the hustle trying to feed all three as Mom is preparing a second nest at this time. Later at the Frayser location, I finally found and photographed the female Scissor-tailed Flycatcher sitting on a nest. Good Birding !!! Jeff R. Wilson / TLBA 6298 Memphis-Arlington Road Bartlett, TN 38135 =================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 _____________________________________________________________