Location: Tunica Cnty Catfish Farms Observation date: 12/2/07 Notes: Went down to the catfish ponds in Tunica County. Lousey weather for bird watching, Very windy, and rain squalls coming through. Strings of Cormorants overhead constantly at first stop. Lots of ducks at one time far to the east over and above but the rain and fog prevented longdistance ID. Started with the ponds at Limerick & Rt 4. GB Herons feeding on the catfish. Huge roost south of the ponds about 3/4 mile down the rd in a wetland area w/deadtimber. Impressive that many Herons together at this time of year. But then again the dinner table is always set. Moved on to Sarah Rd and then Walnut Lake Rd. Walnut Lake didn't have one bird on it. However some of the farmers have started to flood fields and one had a good number of various ducks on it. Finished off with a look at the ponds on Gum Pond Rd. N side. The few ponds that can be seen from the rd held alot of Scaup and some Mallards and a few Canvassback. Number of species: 17 Gadwall 10 Mallard 61 Northern Shoveler 1 Northern Pintail 12 Canvasback 3 Lesser Scaup 313+ Hooded Merganser 63 Ruddy Duck 33 Double-crested Cormorant 200+ Great Blue Heron 119+ Osprey 1 Red-tailed Hawk 2 American Kestrel 4 Killdeer 3 Eurasian Collared-Dove 48 Mourning Dove 29 Belted Kingfisher 1 =================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 _____________________________________________________________