Sept. 5, 2002 Centennial Island Tipton Co. TN Late Thursday afternoon, I watched three kettles of raptors form and drop to the south at the above location along the Mississippi River. The most numerous birds were Mississippi kites with at least 117 birds counted. They seemed less inclined to top out at the thermals and spent a lot of time feeding. Broad-winged Hawks were next in line coming in from the north hitting the bottoms of the kettles moving rapidly upward and continuing south. A total of 56 Broad Wings were counted along with a single Sharp-shinned and in the short time I viewed this movement (4:45-5:30 PM) two Osprey moved through and another was seen feeding along Densford Bar. Two different Yellow-bellied FC were seen at Eagle Lake Refuge and a few photos were taken. No habitat for shorebirds but 12 Black-necked Stilts and a few Killdeer were observed. Good Birding!!! Jeff R. Wilson OL' COOT / TLBA Bartlett Tenn. =================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBER===================== The TN-Bird Net requires you to sign your messages with first and last name, city (town) and state abbreviation. ----------------------------------------------------- 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. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Topographical Maps located at http://topozone.com/find.asp * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society web site at http://www.tnbirds.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * TN-Bird Net Owner: Wallace Coffey, Bristol, TN jwcoffey@xxxxxxxxxx (423) 764-3958 =========================================================