Location: TN, Stiles Wastewater Treatment Plant Observation date: 5/8/08 Notes: Storm front came through during the early AM hours. South Treatment plant a bust do to muddy levees so I traveled to the North Plant with its dry gravel levees. Once flooded fields are now just mud flats surrounding potholes. But there is life. Closer you get to the airport there is more water and more birds. Blk-necked Stilts are feeding. Bird of the day was the Blk-Bellied Plover See picts.Up on the upper levees overlooking the Sludge pits were alot of sparrows in the grass. Dickcissel were calling from the fields of green. Blk-necked Stilts are in heavy numbers. At least 50 pairs have set up home on nest sites. Other shorebirds in good numbers. some numbers may be low since had to hurry before next rain squall came through. Number of species: 28 Canada Goose 5 Mallard 3 Blue-winged Teal 2 American Coot 1 Black-bellied Plover 1 Semipalmated Plover 5 Killdeer 9 Black-necked Stilt 150 Spotted Sandpiper 3 Solitary Sandpiper 19 Lesser Yellowlegs 75 Semipalmated Sandpiper 3 Least Sandpiper 150 Pectoral Sandpiper 75 Dunlin 7 Rock Pigeon 3 Mourning Dove 5 Eastern Kingbird 1 American Crow 3 Barn Swallow 16 American Robin 4 Northern Mockingbird 2 European Starling 6 Savannah Sparrow 16 Dickcissel 7 Red-winged Blackbird X Eastern Meadowlark 3 Common Grackle 4 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/ MAP RESOURCES Tenn.Counties Map at http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/states/tennessee3.gif Aerial photos to complement google maps http://local.live.com _____________________________________________________________