Spent 1130am - 530pm in the Ensley Bottoms area. Clear & 98 deg Location: TN 2 Mem, Maxson Wastewater Lagoons(The Pits)/Earth Complex Observation date: 7/20/08 Notes: Fall migration has started earlier this week (As reported by others) with lg influxes of birds. The pits are drawing them in. Birds are scattered over all the available water areas. Pit five holding alot of birds early until a raptor flew over and scattered all. A lot of movement throughout the day. Mixed bag of shorebirds all around. Black-necked Stilts are located all over with chicks of all sizes.(new borns to flyers) Black-bellied Whistling duck(male) seen today in the pond west of the main levee with all the Willow Trees. All the ducks seem to be in there during the heat of the day. Shade does wonders. Female and chicks (reported by Jeff Wilson Yesterday) not seen. SOME SHOREBIRDS COUNTS ARE PROBABLY LOW DUE TO BIRDS GETTING KICKED UP BY THE RAPTORS. Number of species: 27 Black-bellied Whistling-Duck 1 Canada Goose 15 Wood Duck 1 Mallard 23 Northern Bobwhite 2 Mississippi Kite 3 American Kestrel 2 Semipalmated Plover 2 Killdeer 250+ Black-necked Stilt 29+ Spotted Sandpiper 2 Solitary Sandpiper 1 Lesser Yellowlegs 1 Semipalmated Sandpiper 100+ Least Sandpiper 1500+ Pectoral Sandpiper 500+ Stilt Sandpiper 2 Mourning Dove 42 Chimney Swift 17 Red-headed Woodpecker 2 Red-bellied Woodpecker 1 Eastern Kingbird 3 Barn Swallow 32 Northern Mockingbird 2 European Starling X Red-winged Blackbird X Eastern Meadowlark 3 Location: TN 2 Mem,TVA PONDS Observation date: 7/20/08 Notes: Short drive up to the ponds and down to the corner to see if any Buntings were around. Number of species: 17 Canada Goose 12 Green Heron 1 Mississippi Kite 1 American Kestrel 1 Mourning Dove 25 Chimney Swift 7 Eastern Kingbird 2 White-eyed Vireo 1 Barn Swallow 9 American Robin 5 Northern Mockingbird 1 European Starling X Northern Cardinal 3 Indigo Bunting 5 Red-winged Blackbird X Eastern Meadowlark 3 Orchard Oriole 2 Location: TN 2 Mem, Riverport Rd Ponds / Swamp Observation date: 7/20/08 Notes: Not much down by the sloughs yet . Good amount of water this year. Number of species: 5 Wild Turkey 1 Great Egret 1 Mississippi Kite 1 Mourning Dove 6 Red-headed Woodpecker 2 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 _____________________________________________________________