Location: TN 2 Mem, Maxson Wastewater Lagoons(The Pits)/Earth Complex Observation date: 5/13/08 Notes: More stormy weather coming in tonight so I decided to do a late PM run to the pits. Mostly dry on the levees but I didn't make a go of it on the back trail since it still had some soft wet spots when i reconed it. The van has no 4WD so I backtracked pit #5. Good day overall, No peregrine to stir the pot. Birds were spread out every where on #5 and alot were in the tall weedy pond out of sight just saw alot of movement especially little peeps. Petorals seem to have dropped out of site as have the Solitaries as far as numbers go. I'm probably low on the Blk-necked Stilts. Alot were feeding in big groups of 8 or more on #5. Phalaropes seem to have dwindled also. More Spotted Sp today though. Probably won't be going for a day or two due to the bad weather coming in tonight through Thurs. But then again it might bring in some good birds with it. Number of species: 28 Canada Goose 24 Mallard 18 Blue-winged Teal 17 Northern Bobwhite 5 American Coot 9 Killdeer 24 Black-necked Stilt 96 Spotted Sandpiper 12 Solitary Sandpiper 10 Greater Yellowlegs 1 Lesser Yellowlegs 152 Least Sandpiper 300 White-rumped Sandpiper 5 Pectoral Sandpiper 8 Dunlin 2 Stilt Sandpiper 53 Wilson's Phalarope 7 Mourning Dove 35 Horned Lark 2 Barn Swallow 14 Carolina Wren 1 American Robin 1 Northern Mockingbird 3 European Starling X Savannah Sparrow X Red-winged Blackbird X Eastern Meadowlark 2 Common Grackle X John "Jay" Walko Collierville, Tn http://www.pbase.com/jwalko =================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 _____________________________________________________________