This morning at the Shelby Farms Fish Ponds, there was a Blue-gray Gnatcatcher which is a late date for Shelby County. The cold weather has brought in more species of duck to the ponds including Ruddy Ducks, Buffleheads , one female Canvasback and more Lesser Scaup. The large numbers of Ring-necks (100+), Green-winged Teal (55), Shovelers (70+) and Redheads (only 6). Because of the recent rain, the numbers of Wilson Snipe were down from 32 to only 8, while the number of Least Sandpipers has doubled to 2. Sparrows were abundant, Virginia Reynolds Memphis, Shelby County =================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBER===================== The TN-Bird Net requires you to sign your messages with first and last name, city (town) and state abbreviation. You are also required to list the count 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 _____________________________________________________________ Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society web site at http://www.tnbirds.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Topographical Maps located at http://topozone.com/find.asp _____________________________________________________________