Sightings Report, 26 Sept 07, Ensley bottoms area, Memphis, Shelby County Location: TN 2 Mem, Riverport Rd Ponds / Swamp Observation date: 9/26/07,550-605pm Notes: Water all most gone from the big pond the wetland area across from the Ensley Yards still has some water and the waders are begging to hang out there more since the other pond is almost dry very few fish left wallowing in the mud. Green Grass & weeds are covering most areas usually under water by this time of year. Heavy rains desperately needed. Number of species: 4 Canada Goose 26 Great Blue Heron 12 Great Egret 24 Red-shouldered Hawk 1 Location: TN 2 Mem,TVA PONDS Observation date: 9/26/07, 605-615pm Notes: Approaching storm has everything moving. Number of species: 5 Canada Goose 21 Mallard 58 Great Blue Heron 1 Great Egret 7 Eastern Bluebird 6 Location: TN 2 Mem, Maxson Wastewater Lagoons(The Pits)/Earth Complex Observation date: 9/26/07, 615-645pm Notes: Met at the entrance by a Kestrel on the wires with a furry long tailed meal in its grasp. Moved onto the levee of pond #4 and before I was able to start scanning for birds the Peregrine startled me as it lifted off the levee just ahead of me. Thousands of Peeps by the way were very upset the whole pond flew up together as it circled once and flew of to the north half of the property. Found the bloody remains of what looked like what once was a L Sandpiper. Hard to estimate but 3000+ L Sandpipers may be conservative of what was on the pond or should I say hastley flying around and over it. The few times they did sit down was able to find a couple of odd balls in the mess. The four Lsr Yel-legs stood out in a small group and then just before turning off to pond #5 a Pect SP stood out tall amongst his short friends. Pond #5 had no real amt of birds to speak about. Will be interesting to see what's left or what comes in tommorrow after tonight's storm rolls through. Number of species: 9 Great Blue Heron 2 Red-tailed Hawk 1 American Kestrel 1 Peregrine Falcon 1 Killdeer 12 Lesser Yellowlegs 4 Least Sandpiper 3000+ Pectoral Sandpiper 1 Mourning Dove 17 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/ 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 _____________________________________________________________