TN Birders; As has already been mentioned, there is an alternate adult Little Stint at Louisville, KY right now. It was found on the afternoon of the 16th, and has been seen for the last 3 days. However, it is in a private location, but hopefully more access will be worked out over the weekend. I made the trip up yesterday, only to get there about an hour after a Peregrine had made its 2nd pass through the area and scattered everything. Eventually everything settled back in, EXCEPT the Little Stint. After about 4 hours of baking in the Sun, just as Brainard Palmer-Ball, Roseanna Denton and myself were about to leave, I made one more scan as the light was fading, and found the bird right where we had been looking. It had been hiding well, but came back to its favored area. This was a special bird and well-worth the trip, as it was the last Stint on my life-list (but 1st in the ABA area). Though there are very few interior records of Stints in NA, they do come through as Jeff Wilson has had more than one of both Red-necked and Little over the years as he sorts through the masses of shorebirds in Memphis. With more people looking and being aware of the possibility, it seems to me that more are bound to turn up. The area that Brainard Palmer-Ball found this bird isn't one of the big shorebird mecca-type areas, it's just a nice little bit of habitat in an urban environment. This bird could turn up anywhere, though obviously Memphis with the number of birds that comes through there seems the most likely. I have posted some generally bad shots of this bird, somewhat distant but in quickly fading light. My shots do show most of the field marks that will allow you to pick this bird up, even if it's not right on top of you. I have also included a shot, with Dave Roemer's permission, which does the bird some justice. Dave is a fantastic digiscoper, though he was also battling harsh light and heat waves mid-day yesterday. The shots are in the following gallery: http://www.pbase.com/mctodd/little_stint , clicking on any image will enlarge it, and using the next or previous tab will also let you navigate among photos. If anyone is interested for comparison, I also have galleries of the other Stints in my Shorebird gallery. Warning, none of these shots are remotely magazine quality. The Red-necked Stint gallery does give a good feel for the differences in these birds though, especially structurally, with Red-necked looking short-legged and especially attenuated with long wings. These galleries are at: http://www.pbase.com/mctodd/sandpipers More shots of this bird can be seen at: http://www.biology.eku.edu/kos/little_stint.htm , with page 2 having more of Dave's shots. Hope many more can enjoy this great bird!! Mike Todd McKenzie, TN birder1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx www.pbase.com/mctodd =================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 _____________________________________________________________