Today I photographed some waterfowl that are life birds to me. They were in a field behind the Hermitage Memorial Gardens ina small (30' diameter) ankle-deep rainwater pond. There were maybr 10 or fifteen of them and when I got too close they would fly crying, "Peep, Peep". They were very killdeer like in appearance bur were definitely NOT killdeer. Many had a dark band around their throats with white breast and belly and dark gray back. They had a possible dark band on the wing. Some bobbed their head as they walked. My best natch in Sibley was a Semi-palmated plover, but the pictures I took are not very clear. The best picture I have is on my website: http://www.freewebs.com/thornsbirds on Page IV Paragraph III (unidentified shorebirds (Plover?)). Any help in identification would be appreciated. Thanks Nat Winston III Hermitage, Tn thornius2@xxxxxxxxxxxxx http://www.freewebs.com/thornsbirds =================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 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ========================================================