Sightings Report 21 & 22 Dec'06 Collierville area, Shelby County Tn Location: TN 1 Cvll, Peterson Lake Nature Center Observation date: 12/21/06, 240-330pm, 2.3 miles walk & Drive, Notes: Short walk on the old existing boardwalk. (New boardwalk looks weeks away since all the wet weather has turned the bottoms back into a swamp). Then took a drive around the surrounding subdivisions to see what was about in the ponds. Overcast light drizzle at times cool,lo 50's. One of the ducks seen was a Leucistic Mallard Hen. Number of species: 17 Canada Goose 49 Mallard 44 Great Blue Heron 1 Red-headed Woodpecker 2 Red-bellied Woodpecker 3 Hairy Woodpecker 1 Northern Flicker 2 Pileated Woodpecker 1 Blue Jay 2 American Crow 4 Carolina Wren 1 American Robin 75 European Starling 25 Song Sparrow 4 Northern Cardinal 3 Common Grackle 150 House Sparrow 3 This report was generated automatically by eBird v2 (http://www.ebird.org <http://www.ebird.org/> ) Location: TN 1 Cvll, Nonconnah Greenbelt Trail Observation date: 12/22/06, 3-4pm, 2 mile hike, Notes: My wife Sharon and i hiked the new Greenbelt trail from Schilling Middle sch to Houston Levee Rd. Nice trail good Habitat, Nonconnah Creek on the south side of trail, several trib crossings good mix of brush cover, fields,and woodland areas and one sm pond. Will revisit at an earlier time (we had the sun in our face the first half of trip). Weather clear 60's a bit breezy as the sun started to set. Number of species: 13 Red-tailed Hawk 2 Red-headed Woodpecker 1 Red-bellied Woodpecker 4 Northern Flicker 1 Pileated Woodpecker 1 Blue Jay 3 American Robin 7 Northern Mockingbird 3 Field Sparrow 8 Song Sparrow 23 White-throated Sparrow 19 Dark-eyed Junco 21 Northern Cardinal 7 This report was generated automatically by eBird v2 (http://www.ebird.org <http://www.ebird.org/> ) =================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 _____________________________________________________________