Location: TN 2 Mem,TVA PONDS Observation date: 12/4/07, 315-435pm Notes: Cold night last night to the point where the backyard fountain froze up. So were there more birds today at the TVA impoundments? Yes. Coots were back in good numbers,couple hundred. Alot of birds on the near side bank out of sight from the road. Probably there yesterday just out of sight. I think there was another good group behind the phragamites but wouldn't come into range. Probably more birds (Scaup and Ring Necks ) than actually counted because they were pretty active this late afternoon. Several good sized groups came and went out of the main raft of birds making counting tough. Sunshine and smooth waters helped show off the Scaup though. Good looks at the Greaters scattered in the raft. 750-1000 birds estimated on the impoundments today. Number of species: 18 Canada Goose 21 Gadwall 13 Northern Shoveler 11 Canvasback 21 Redhead 14 Ring-necked Duck 100+/- Greater Scaup 18 Lesser Scaup 350+/- Hooded Merganser 5 Pied-billed Grebe 2 Double-crested Cormorant 1 Great Blue Heron 2 Red-tailed Hawk 1 American Coot 200+/- Ring-billed Gull 9 Mourning Dove 5 European Starling X Common Grackle X 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 _____________________________________________________________