I had 8 Lapland Longspurs fly over my yard (in the Mt. Orange community just outside of Trenton in Gibson County) on Saturday, November 18. I get a few laps flying over almost every year as my yard is surrounded by agricultural fields. I was working in the Reelfoot Lake area yesterday and made a few quick runs by a few spots. There are lots of gulls on Herron Rd. in the pool and a few on Van Works Rd. Mostly Ring-bills with a couple of Herrings and a few Bonys mixed in. Nothing out of the ordinary. The rice fields near Black Bayou were full of Killdeer and snipe (over 200 snipe). I did have one Greater Yellowlegs still in the area and that was the only other shorebird I saw. I had a few laps flying and/or calling at almost every stop. No sign of the White-faced Ibis that was around recently but as Mike Todd stated earlier there is a lot of water around. I had 3 female Canvasbacks and a Greater Scaup with the Ring-necked Ducks and Lesser Scaup on the Air Park sewer pond. A couple of American Tree Sparrows were in the fence row near the lagoon - this has been a fairly reliable spot for many years for that species. Happy Thanksgiving to everyone and good birding, Mark Greene Trenton, TN Gibson County =================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 _____________________________________________________________