Sept. 15, 2003 Ensley Bottoms Shelby Co. TN I had to deliver some drawings down town this morning so what more of an excuse do I need to run a little out of the way to see what was at Ensley? It seems a few shorebirds have left but still an unbelievable number to look through but nothing jumped out as new. On the way out at 10:30, I saw a kettle of Storks rise out of Horn Lake Slough just east of the big pits. I counted 65, and after about 10 minutes of circling and rising, they peeled off heading toward the west end of North Lake or Oldtown Lake. There were 300 Great Egrets, Snowy and immature Little Blue Herons in one of the barrow pits to the south of Riverport Road, it looked like the Spanish Armada in full sail. About 100 got up when a train came by but none of the 22 Wood Storks left. So 87 Wood Storks is the high count for the area so far. Good Birding!!! Jeff R. Wilson OL'COOT / TLBA Bartlett, 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 =========================================================