Sightings Report 26 Dec 2006 Shelby Farms Area, Shelby County, Tn Location: Shelby Farms Patriot Lake Observation date: 12/26/06, 1115-1155am Notes: Looks like the smaller breed of geese are taking a liking to the lake since they are still here. Horned Larks were in the Lake side field behind the visiter's center. Number of species: 18 Cackling Goose 21 Canada Goose 207 Mallard 37 Canvasback 1 Ring-necked Duck 9 Ruddy Duck 4 Great Blue Heron 4 American Coot 19 Killdeer 1 Ring-billed Gull 1 Rock Pigeon 5 Belted Kingfisher 2 Horned Lark 28 Northern Mockingbird 1 Field Sparrow 2 Song Sparrow 3 Common Grackle 150 Brown-headed Cowbird 3 This report was generated automatically by eBird v2 (http://www.ebird.org <http://www.ebird.org/> ) Location: Shelby Farms Pine Lake Day use area Observation date: 12/26/06, 1155am-1210pm Notes: Kinda slow at this lake. Number of species: 3 Canada Goose 84 Gadwall 3 Mallard 26 This report was generated automatically by eBird v2 (http://www.ebird.org <http://www.ebird.org/> ) Location: Shelby Farms Picnic Shltr 4/Beaver Lake Observation date: 12/26/06, 1210-1225pm Notes: Blackbirds everywhere, and ducks filling up the lake. Number of species: 16 Canada Goose 5 Gadwall 42 Mallard 8 Northern Shoveler 7 Ring-necked Duck 135 Turkey Vulture 1 Red-tailed Hawk 2 Belted Kingfisher 1 Red-bellied Woodpecker 1 Blue Jay 9 American Robin 50 Northern Mockingbird 3 European Starling 200 Red-winged Blackbird 7 Common Grackle 400 Brown-headed Cowbird 100 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 _____________________________________________________________