Just had my first common nighthawk of the year. I spent a lot of time in the yard last night and didn't hear or see any. Saw my first one just now. They arrived back to my neighborhood on 29 Apr last year. Good birding, Scott Somershoe On Apr 25, 2012, at 5:54 PM, "wodu1440 tds.net" <wodu1440@xxxxxxx> wrote: > Tennessee NWR > Duck River Unit > Humphreys County > Pool 2, 3, and 6 > 04/24&25/12 > > Yesterday recorded 18 sora in Pools 2 & 3 along the Blue Goose Blvd Auto Tour > Loop. About 2/3rds of those were seen with the rest heard. Also observed > four L. scaup and one female ringneck duck in Pool 3 and three pintail in > Pool 4. > > Today had an American bittern in Pool 6 right off Lawrence Creek Rd in a > borrow ditch hole where a short levee rd is used to access some overgrown > farm fields. > > Also picked up FOS bobolinks. Two males were observed singing their hearts > out in a winter wheat field in Pool 10. > > Between the refuge and New Johnsonville I had my FOS E. kingbird. > > Clayton Ferrell =================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 -------------------------------- Assistant Moderator Chris O'Bryan Clemson, SC __________________________________________________________ Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society web site at http://www.tnbirds.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ARCHIVES TN-Bird Net Archives at //www.freelists.org/archives/tn-bird/ MAP RESOURCES Tenn.Counties Map at http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/states/tennessee3.gif Aerial photos to complement google maps http://local.live.com _____________________________________________________________