Location: TN 2 Mem, Riverport Rd Ponds / Swamp Observation date: 12/29/07,410-425pm Notes: Quick stop at Ensley to see what's in late afternoon. Number of species: 5 Canada Goose 18 Wood Duck 7 Gadwall 19 Mallard 20 Ring-necked Duck 19 Location: TN 2 Mem,TVA PONDS Observation date: 12/29/07,425-445pm Notes: Not alot of waterfowl on the big lake today. Noticed birds leaving to and coming from Mckeller Lake. Big lake was all Scaup mostly Lesser with a handfull of Greater Scaup spread thin. Did not put alot of time to counting today. Noticible misses: Mallards, Canvassbacks and Redheads. Did not see the Blk Scoter female today. Number of species: 6 Gadwall 7 Greater Scaup X Lesser Scaup 750 Hooded Merganser 17 Pied-billed Grebe 8 American Coot 57 Location: TN 2 Mem, Riverport Rd Ponds / Swamp Observation date: 12/26/07, 1145am-1220pm Notes: Lunch time run to the bottoms. Water once again in the ponds and sloughs on Riverport Rd. Number of species: 16 Canada Goose 11 Wood Duck 16 Gadwall 12 Mallard 10 Ring-necked Duck 33 Hooded Merganser 2 Pied-billed Grebe 1 Turkey Vulture 1 Red-tailed Hawk 1 American Coot 56 Ring-billed Gull 150 Mourning Dove 2 Carolina Wren 1 Eastern Bluebird 7 Red-winged Blackbird 27 Rusty Blackbird 29 Location: TN 2 Mem,TVA PONDS Observation date: 12/26/07, 1225-1240pm Notes: Quick glance at the lower number of ducks on the lake at lunch hour. most of the ducks must be down on Mckeller Lake today. Smallest raft seen in a long time. Alot of gulls though on the back sandbar. Blk Scoter seen again in the same general location as past couple of weeks. Sleeping like all the Scaup. Very few other birds than Scaup, Not alot other birds today, Canvassback numbers down and no Redheads seen. Greater Scaup seen in the mix but didn't count today. There numbers down also, not many stood out like they usually do. Number of species: 13 Canvasback 3 Greater Scaup X Lesser Scaup 350 Black Scoter 1 Hooded Merganser 12 Pied-billed Grebe 3 Double-crested Cormorant 1 Great Blue Heron 1 Red-shouldered Hawk 1 American Coot 56 Ring-billed Gull 150 Mourning Dove 35 Eastern Phoebe 1 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 _____________________________________________________________