April 26,2008 Ensley Bottoms Shelby Co. TN The storms moving through last night put down a great collection of Wind Birds. I was jerked to a halt by the wonderful call of a Black-bellied Plover and in the dim light my glasses fell on a bunch of large light colored birds, WILLETS standing shoulder to shoulder!! The morning produced 19 species of shorebirds, try as I might, I could not round that number up to 20. Most of the back area has to be covered on foot but the trip was worth it as I counted the following: Black-bellied Plover -4 (one in near breeding plumage), Golden-Plover - 2, Semipalmated Plover - 4, lots of Killdeer on nests with eggs, Black-necked Stilts - 53 ( two pair already working on nests - 3 other pair copulating), Greater Yellowlegs ( most left after Peregrine nailed one knocking it down but the bird recovered and headed north) - 15, Lesser Yellowlegs - 417 (200+ pulled out about 2 PM), Solitary Sandpiper - 91, WILLET - 31, Spotted Sandpiper - 5, Semipalmated Sandpiper - 2, Western Sandpiper - 8 ( most in colorful attire), Least Sandpiper - 191 ( lots of color), Pectoral Sandpiper - 8 (scarce?), Dunlin - 1, Stilt Sandpiper - 12, Short-billed Dowitcher - 7, Long-billed Dowitcher - 104, Wilson's Snipe - 2 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. **************Need a new ride? Check out the largest site for U.S. used car listings at AOL Autos. (http://autos.aol.com/used?NCID=aolcmp00300000002851) =================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 _____________________________________________________________