Sightings Report 19 Nov '06, Collierville Area, Shelby County, Tn Location: Frank Rd Landfill Greenbelt Park Observation date: 11/19/06 Notes: Kathie Holder and I Birded this site this morning. Stayed on the main gravel trails searching out the LBJ's darting from the tall grasses to the hedgerows. Main trail full of LBJ's, Robins, Mocks and Jays all fighting over the berry bushes. Cold this morning turning cloudy as the trip led on. Wind began to pick up. Did not check the Pine forest areas out. Number of species: 33 Mallard 3 Great Blue Heron 1 Red-tailed Hawk 2 Killdeer 3 Ring-billed Gull 1 Eurasian Collared-Dove 3 Mourning Dove 6 Belted Kingfisher 2 Red-bellied Woodpecker 3 Downy Woodpecker 3 Northern Flicker 2 Blue Jay 24 American Crow 3 Carolina Chickadee 5 Tufted Titmouse 2 Carolina Wren 4 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1 American Robin 35 Brown Thrasher 2 European Starling 25 Eastern Towhee 1 American Tree Sparrow 1 Chipping Sparrow 3 Field Sparrow 1 Savannah Sparrow 3 Song Sparrow 3 White-throated Sparrow 25 White-crowned Sparrow 3 Dark-eyed Junco 15 Northern Cardinal 9 Common Grackle 6 House Finch 4 American Goldfinch 5 This report was generated automatically by eBird v2 (http://www.ebird.org <http://www.ebird.org/> ) Location: Peterson Lake Nature Center Observation date: 11/19/06 Notes: Birded with Kathie Holder this morning. The male & Female Towhee were in great color for pictures today. Male Yel Bel Sapsucker was also photogenic. Cold weather, Clouds, and Wind picked up and shut us down as well as the birds. Number of species: 27 Canada Goose 14 Mourning Dove 5 Belted Kingfisher 1 Red-headed Woodpecker 3 Red-bellied Woodpecker 2 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1 Downy Woodpecker 1 Northern Flicker 2 Pileated Woodpecker 1 Eastern Phoebe 1 Blue Jay 3 Carolina Chickadee 2 Tufted Titmouse 1 Brown Creeper 2 Carolina Wren 1 Winter Wren 3 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1 Hermit Thrush 1 American Robin 6 Northern Mockingbird 2 European Starling 5 Eastern Towhee 2 Chipping Sparrow 1 Song Sparrow 3 White-throated Sparrow 7 Dark-eyed Junco 5 American Goldfinch 2 This report was generated automatically by eBird v2 (http://www.ebird.org <http://www.ebird.org/> ) Jay Walko, MTOS, Collierville, Tn =================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 _____________________________________________________________