May 23-24-25-26, 2009 Shelby Co. TN The male Scissor-tailed Flycatcher on President's Island has been joined by the female and she was in a hurry. The nest was mostly finished in 3 days and by the 26 th she was laying eggs. The original hybrid female showed up at her regular nesting site on the island but not seen the last few days. A single Western Kingbird is being consistently seen near the causeway to the island and two nests were being constructed in the McLemore / Trigg area. A single Western Kingbird has finally shown up at the Allen Steam Plant, while both a pure Western and a hybrid female are building nests at the Frayser Location. For the third year one of the hybrids started a nest in the exact same location on a pole but again has abandoned the site only to relocate?? Six birds have been seen at the Levee road area with two carrying nesting material over the weekend and a single bird was seen at the new Chelsea location reported last year. Six active locations again in Memphis, how many more? 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. **************We found the real â??Hotel Californiaâ?? and the â??Seinfeldâ?? diner. What will you find? Explore WhereItsAt.com. (http://www.whereitsat.com/?ncid=emlwenew00000004) =================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/ 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 _____________________________________________________________