Feb. 5-6, 2004 Shelby Farms Shelby Co. TN I went through Shelby Farms in the rain on Thursday and was just in time to see a lot of waterfowl dropping into one wetland area. First scan produced a lot of Canada Geese with 7 Richardson's type, 7 Greater White-fronted Geese, a single Ross's. While scanning the ducks I heard a Snow Goose call and looked up to see a single Snow and a single Blue Goose dropping out of the gray skies. The duck species present were; Mallard, Pintail, Shoveler, Gadwall, Wigeon, and a pair of Hooded Mergs. Ten species of waterfowl in a 10 minute drive by was a nice break in a work day. I went back by today and most of the species had moved on but the Richardson's were still there plus another tiny Canada that I got a poor photo of feeding with a Gadwall, THEY were the same size. Two Greater White-fronted were still in the mix. Driving a back gravel road, I flushed a Sharp-shinned Hawk which dropped to stubble height and streaked across an open field. It stirred up a flock of Horned Larks which took flight and finally settled near my truck. I counted 36 larks and a single male Lapland Longspur. He was certainly the dapper dan in this group as his spring plumage is wearing in. It is amazing how any trip I take from one place to another some how leads past a good birding spot;o) 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. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 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 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ========================================================