Sightings Report Thurs 8 Feb 07 Ensley Bottoms area Memphis Shelby County Location: TN 2 Mem,TVA PONDS Observation date: 2/8/07, 1230-1255pm Notes: Big change today, big pond alot of noise with the dredging on the west end, only 12 L Scaup, some Coots and a Heron. The little pond was a different story with upwards of 500 L.Scaup. Number of species: 6 Lesser Scaup 512 Pied-billed Grebe 1 Great Blue Heron 4 Red-tailed Hawk 2 American Coot 27 Ring-billed Gull 3 Location: TN 2 Mem, Riverport Rd Ponds / Swamp Observation date: 2/8/07,1255-1340pm Notes: Finished out lunch with a slow crawl down the shoulder lane scanning the brush alongside the waters edge of the sloughs and ponds. Pileated WP was bird of the day for his display so close to the rd. (If I only had the camera with me today)Watched him excavate a hole for a while until he went to another tree and started pecking bark off looking for a meal. Great close up views today. Number of species: 21 Gadwall 25 Mallard 11 Hooded Merganser 2 Pied-billed Grebe 2 Great Blue Heron 1 Red-shouldered Hawk 2 Mourning Dove 25 Belted Kingfisher 1 Red-bellied Woodpecker 1 Northern Flicker 2 Pileated Woodpecker 1 Eastern Phoebe 1 Blue Jay 3 American Robin 10 Northern Mockingbird 1 European Starling 24 Yellow-rumped Warbler 3 Song Sparrow 2 Northern Cardinal 2 Red-winged Blackbird 250 Common Grackle 28 This report was generated automatically by eBird v2 (http://www.ebird.org <http://www.ebird.org/> ) John "Jay" Walko 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 _____________________________________________________________