The following is an abridged list of birds seen at Walker Branch State Natural Area in Hardin County, TN (south of Savannah, TN). Direction and a map to Walker Branch can be found at: http://www.state.tn.us/environment/na/natareas/walker/ Many of the fields within the natural area and just outside the natural area are flooded. The numbers following shorebirds are the total seen at a flooded field in the natural area. More shorebirds were seen just outside the boundary of the natural area. 1. Mississippi kite- 1 2. Killdeer 3. Semipalmated plover- 12 4. Dowitcher species- 1 5. Dunlin- 1 6. Wilson's phalarope- 5 7. Least sandpiper- 8 8. Pectoral sandpiper- 3 9. Stilt sandpiper- 1 10. Greater yellowlegs- 3 11. Lesser yellowlegs- at least 140 12. Lark sparrow- 1 Allan Trently ajtcorax@xxxxxxxxxxx Jackson, TN _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail has tools for the New Busy. Search, chat and e-mail from your inbox. http://www.windowslive.com/campaign/thenewbusy?ocid=PID28326::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:WM_HMP:042010_1 =================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 Clarksville, TN __________________________________________________________ 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 _____________________________________________________________