Nov. 18-19-20-21, 2008 Mississippi River Front Shelby, Co. TN Tried to spend at least an hour each day viewing the floating river traffic. Here are daily tallys: Nov. 18 - 33 Ruddy Ducks, 11 Bufflehead and 6 Horned Grebes +9 Ring-billed Gulls Nov. 19 - 4 Ring-billed Gulls, 1 imm. Herring, 2 Horned Grebes, 93 Red-breasted Mergansers, 28 Ring-necked Ducks, 22 Ruddy Ducks, 14 Redhead, 8 Lesser Scaup, 7 Bufflehead and 2 Dc Cormorants Nov. 20 - 7 Ruddy Ducks, 43 Ring-billed Gulls and 5 Herring Nov. 21 - 103 Bufflehead (mostly adult males, a super sight), 35 Lesser Scaup, 3 Ruddy Ducks, 2 BLACK SCOTER (female/imm. type) both separate about 1/2 mile apart but could be seen at same time. 2 Horned Grebes Good Birding !!! Jeff R. Wilson / TLBA 6300 Memphis-Arlington Road Bartlett, TN 38135 http://www.pbase.com/ol_coot/ What is this feathered thing that lifts my heart to the heavens. **************One site has it all. Your email accounts, your social networks, and the things you love. Try the new AOL.com today!(http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100000075x1212962939x1200825291/aol?redir=http://www.aol.com/?optin=new-dp %26icid=aolcom40vanity%26ncid=emlcntaolcom00000001) =================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/ MAP RESOURCES Tenn.Counties Map at http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/states/tennessee3.gif Aerial photos to complement google maps http://local.live.com _____________________________________________________________