Aug. 16, 2007 Dacus Bar Mississippi River Shelby Co. TN A quick trip to the river produced: 31 Black Terns, lots of Least Terns?with a few adults feeding downy chicks which seems late, 1 Forsters Tern, 1 Black-bellied Plover, Killdeer galore, 2 Semipalmated Plover, 3 Black-necked Stilts, 2 Solitary Sandpiper, 7 Spotted Sandpipers, 7 Pectoral Sandpipers, Least Sandpipers, a lot of distant peeps and 5 Buff-breasted Sandpipers (3 at the toe of the island and 2 at the head, strolling in and out of the grass. The other day, I photographed 3 Wild Turkeys that were feeding on Loosahatchie Bar, all 3 had beards that drug the ground. All my hunter friends wanted to know where I had seen them. There are few large waders using the river and just a few DC Cormorants. The river keeps slowly dropping.......... Jeff R. Wilson Ol'Coot - TLBA Bartlett, TN ________________________________________________________________________ AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at AOL.com. =================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 _____________________________________________________________