I showed Tom and Ruth Pollum around the area today as they gathered info on the Hot Spot birding areas in the great River Rd. area. Tom and Ruth are working with Audubon to create the "Great River Birding Trail" map for the lower Mississippi River. The upper part has been completed and it is his job to put together the info for the lower Mississippi. Light birding was done. We started out yesterday afternoon at Long Point, Then heading back south by Lake #9, Phillipy Pits and the Ibis hole. Lake #9 still has lots of water as does the Ibis hole. Black Bayou has some good mud flats now down by the road by the pump house and still some habitat behind the pump house off the levee. Few shore birds seen in that area. Saw a Solitary, Spotted, a lessor Yellow legs.We also went by the Tiptonville Ferry landing yesterday and no shorebirds were seen. The lover end of the Lake was quiet with no Gulls or Terns seen .Today we started at Isl. 13 , really barren, but the Habitat is great and will get better. The area near Parker Road ( which I understand , is called Cinnamon) still has a good amount of Shorebirds, mostly Stilt Sandpipers, Lessor Yellowlegs, No Wilsons Phalarope was seen today. The lower end of the Tiptonville Bar looks good but no Terns or Gulls seen or any sign of shorebirds noted. White Lake has some good mud flats and there were more shorebirds present then on previous visits, but mostly Least SP.There were some Bluewing teal and some Greenwing Teal there also. Tom and Ruth were very impressed with the area. The visit here to all the great birding hot spots has helped Tom visualize and put into words the areas here that will be selected to be placed on the map. I am looking forward to seeing the finished product. I am sure it will be a great tool for birders. I have seen the maps of the upper Mississippi and they are impressive. Looks like a great weekend for birding. Nancy Moore Bluebasin Nancy Moore Bluebasin Cove B&B Reelfoot lake Lake Co, Tn =================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 =========================================================