Nov. 24, 2007 TVA Lake/Robco-Coro Lakes Shelby Co. Tunica Co. MS There are constant flocks of scaup moving in and out of TVA Lake from McKellar with numbers going from almost zero to hundreds in minutes. Greater Scaup are easily picked up in flight and with little work IDed on the water. Present 11-24-07: DC Cormorants, Ring-billed Gulls, Coots, Pied-billed Grebes, Canada Geese,Wood Ducks-2, Am. Wigeon -2 hens, Gadwall, Mallards, Blue-winged Teal - 1 hen (first on the lake in 2 weeks), Northern Shovelers, No. Pintail - 2 hens, Green-winged Teal - 8, Canvasback - 11 been here two days, Redheads - 11 hens, 12 drakes, Ring-necked Ducks- 19 hens, 28 drakes, GREATER SCAUP- 17 hens and immatures, 9 adult males, Bufflehead - 2 hens, Hooded Mergansers and 5 Ruddy Ducks. In two days, the numbers on Robco/Coro Lakes has doubled with good counts both days and numbers still growing with the last fronts. Present: resident Canada Geese, Gadwall - 32, Northern Shovelers - 55+, Am. Wigeon 5, Mallards-appear to be all resident as numbers steady for 3 weeks, Northern Pintail -9, Green-winged Teal -31, Canvasback - 17 just starting to come in finally, Redheads-17, Ring-necked Ducks - 1,550+, Greater Scaup - 24 up close, I'm sure more in distant scaup flocks, Lesser Scaup 4,000 countable with almost equal number in far west corner putting numbers at 7,000+, One HYBRID Ring-necked/ Scaup male, Bufflehead - 38, Hooded Merganser -7, Red-breasted Merganser 3 hens and 890++ Ruddy Ducks. Only 2 immature Rough-legged Hawks were located and photographed again today in Tunica Co. and Ring-billed Gulls are finally in the fields in good numbers, over 500 counted near dump but no other species seen. Kestrel numbers jumped with the passage of the front with a slight increase in Shrikes. Oodles of Scow, Ross's and Greater White-fronted Geese. Good Birding !!! Jeff R. Wilson / TLBA 6300 Memphis-Arlington Road Bartlett, TN 38135 http://www.pbase.com/ol_coot/ What is this feathered thing that lifts my heart to the heavens. **************************************Check out AOL's list of 2007's hottest products. (http://money.aol.com/special/hot-products-2007?NCID=aoltop00030000000001) =================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 _____________________________________________________________