[TN-Bird] You cannot bird there anymore...

There are at least two places in Shelby County ( Memphis ) where we used
to bird, but you cannot bird there anymore.

The first is / was a public road near Mckeller Lake in Memphis. North 
Rivergate
Road is where we used to see Wild Turkey by the dozen, Bobwhite, Eastern
meadowlarks, Red Tailed Hawks, and several times, a wildcat about the size
of Lassie. The paved road leads thru a couple of factories to an open field
at the end of the cove. There is a Stop Sign posted on the right side of the 
road,
next to a Private Security Guard in his car. The guard will stop you and 
tell you
that you cannot drive on the rest of the road anymore, because the 
Corporation
which owns the nearby factory has "closed off" the road. This public road 
was
paid for with tax dollars... but you cannot bird there anymore.
http://topozone.com/map.asp?z=15&n=3885857&e=765775&s=50&size=l&datum=nad83&layer=DRG25

The second place is called North Lake, just north of Lakeview ( Horn Lake ).
We got to this cypress ringed fishing lake from the western end of Shelby 
Drive.
We used to drive over the railroad tracks, go up and over the levee, and 
then
stay on the dirt road to get to the edge of the lake. Now there is a fence 
and a
gate on the levee. Now the Tennessee Wildlife Resource Agency will let you
in the area one time a year, escorted by a wildlife resource officer, in 
order
to kill deer... but you cannot bird there anymore.
http://topozone.com/map.asp?z=15&n=3877876.99914943&e=759857.000220082&datum=nad83
:-(
Robert Fowler
Shelby County 


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