Sightings Report 3 Jan 07, Ensley Bottoms area, Memphis, Shelby County, TN Location: TN 2 Mem, Riverport Rd Ponds / Swamp Observation date: 1/3/07, 130-150pm Notes: Lunchtime run down to the bottoms. Water is up everywhere. The first slough next to the creek has water, ducks and turtles. Lo 50's today not many ducks visible. Number of species: 12 Canada Goose 16 Gadwall 4 Mallard 13 Ring-necked Duck 18 Hooded Merganser 2 Great Blue Heron 2 Red-tailed Hawk 3 American Kestrel 2 Belted Kingfisher 1 Red-bellied Woodpecker 1 Blue Jay 2 Song Sparrow 2 This report was generated automatically by eBird v2 (http://www.ebird.org <http://www.ebird.org/> ) Location: TN 2 Mem,TVA PONDS Observation date: 1/3/07, 150-210pm Notes: Where'd all the ducks go???? Well cold weather came in, warmed up and it's nice out... duck numbers are way down from last week. The big float of birds is there but only about 1/3rd the amount. Looks like all lsr Scaup. Only 2 Coots. Cormorants still controlling the back perch on the big pond with the Gulls. Little pond had only 2 Heron in it. Number of species: 8 Lesser Scaup 800 Pied-billed Grebe 2 Double-crested Cormorant 36 Great Blue Heron 3 Red-tailed Hawk 2 American Coot 2 Ring-billed Gull 8 European Starling 75 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 _____________________________________________________________