July 8, 2006 Shelby Co. TN Shorebird numbers increase everyday with Spotted Sandpiper added Sunday, bringing the season total to 10 species. Of the 31 traveling Black-necked Stilts found in a tight group on Saturday there were 21 left Sunday morning with none of the 3 pairs still in the group. I suspect that these had left the group and were thinking about nesting as I saw a pair copulate in a distant pit and another pair randomly tossing material as if deciding where to locate a nest site. The two Black-necked Stilt nests, located to the west of the pits in the spread fields, have still evaded being detected by the coyotes or coons. Such courage deserves good luck............. Song Sparrows and House Finches were feeding young at Ensley and a ratty looking male Painted Bunting was singing a half-hearted song in the heat of the mid-day sun on Sunday. I saw an independent young of the year, Western Kingbird, along the road in front of the Allen Steam Plant and an adult carrying food in Frayser. On President's Island, Big Daddy Scissor-tailed Flycatcher is still feeding their three youngsters which are just starting to attempt flycatching for themselves, while mom is sitting on her new nest. In Frayser, the female there is sitting tight on her nest while the male was not seen over the weekend. An unexpected Osprey soared over the south end of Eagle Lake Refuge on Sunday and an immature Cooper's Hawk was photographed flying over the tower there on Saturday. I've saw two Broad-winged Hawks, both immature birds, over Memphis this weekend along with the expected Red-tails and Red-shouldered. There is practically no place in or around Memphis that you can go now and not see Eurasian Collared Doves or Mississippi Kites. Good Birding !!! Jeff R. Wilson / TLBA 6298 Memphis-Arlington Road Bartlett, TN 38135 =================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 _____________________________________________________________