Sightings Report 25 April 07 Ensley Bottoms Area, Memphis, Shelby County Location: TN 2 Mem, Riverport Rd Ponds / Swamp Observation date: 4/25/07, 1150am-1215pm Notes: Rainy weather today but had to go to the bottoms to see something. Sloughs and ponds at Riverport Rd had a varied amt of birds. Number of species: 16 Canada Goose 2 Wood Duck 1 Blue-winged Teal 2 Green Heron 8 American Coot 2 Solitary Sandpiper 1 Mourning Dove 6 Northern Flicker 1 Northern Rough-winged Swallow 2 Barn Swallow 9 Eastern Bluebird 2 Northern Mockingbird 1 Northern Cardinal 1 Red-winged Blackbird 7 Common Grackle 27 Brown-headed Cowbird 6 Location: TN 2 Mem, Maxson Wastewater Lagoons(The Pits)/Earth Complex Observation date: 4/25/07,1215-1245pm Notes: Since it rained today I stayed off the levees with the vehicle I had so I scanned the cut fields looking for Upland Sandpipers. But there were none. Meadowlarks singing up a storm though. Number of species: 6 Killdeer 4 Rock Pigeon 3 Mourning Dove 2 Barn Swallow 12 Red-winged Blackbird 15 Eastern Meadowlark 5 Location: TN 2 Mem,TVA PONDS Observation date: 4/25/07,1245-1pm Notes: Not much happening today at TVA. Number of species: 10 Mallard 1 Lesser Scaup 1 Double-crested Cormorant 2 American Coot 10 Killdeer 4 Mourning Dove 24 Barn Swallow 7 European Starling 25 White-throated Sparrow 1 Red-winged Blackbird 30 John "Jay" Walko 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 _____________________________________________________________