There were almost more birdwatchers than birds on today's Memphis Chapter field trip to Shelby Farms Recreation Area in east Memphis. Cold, damp cloudy weather held birds down but not these birders: Steve Veltman, Ed Thomas, Margaret Jefferson, Al Sampson, Chad Brown, David Blaylock, Betty Blaylock, Forrest Priddy, Barbara Priddy, Carolyn Bullock, Martha Waldron, Barbara Wilson, Lisa Jorgenson, Van Harris, Dick Preston, Barry Wall, Gail King, George Payne, Bob Ilardi, Elizabeth Sparks and Allen Sparks. Birds seen: Canada Goose - 98 Gadwall - 14 Am Wigeon - 1 Mallard - 93 N Shoveler - 1 Green-winged Teal - 1 Ring-necked Duck - 1 Ruddy Duck - 15 Great Blue Heron - 5 Turkey Vulture - 3 N Harrier - 2 Cooper's Hawk - 2 Red-shouldered Hawk - 1 Red-tailed Hawk - 6 Am Kestrel - 3 Am Coot - 1 Killdeer - 17 Rock Pigeon - 8 Mourning Dove - 20 Belted Kingfisher - 5 Red-headed Woodpecker - 1 Red-bellied Woodpecker - 9 Downy Woodpecker - 8 Hairy Woodpecker - 1 N Flicker - 12 Pileated Woodpecker - 2 Blue-headed Vireo - 2 Blue Jay - 12 Am Crow - 2 Carolina Chickadee - 6 Tufted Titmouse - 7 Brown Creeper - 2 Carolina Wren - 10 Winter Wren - 3 Golden-crowned Kinglet - 4 Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 13 E Bluebird - 6 Hermit Thrush - 2 Am Robin - 66 N Mockingbird - 8 Starling - 34 Cedar Waxwing - 350 Orange-crowned Warbler - 1 Yellow-rumped Warbler - 18 E Towhee - 2 Field Sparrow - 28 Fox Sparrow - 1 Song Sparrow - 18 Swamp Sparrow - 5 White-throated Sparrow - 33 White-crowned Sparrow - 13 Dark-eyed Junco - 10 N Cardinal - 3 Red-winged Blackbird - 150 E Meadowlark - 33 Com Grackle - 3 Brown-headed Cowbird - 35 House Finch - 2 Am Goldfinch - 1 Van Harris Millington, TN =================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 _____________________________________________________________