Great day in the late afternoon down in Ensley Bottoms. White-faced Ibis was a special treat. Pictures of todays birds at http://www.pbase.com/jwalko/pits_april TN 2 Mem,TVA PONDS to Waste Water Outfall (BUNTING CORNER), Shelby, US-TN Apr 25, 2013 4:10 PM - 4:25 PM Protocol: Traveling 0.75 mile(s) Comments: Quick drive around to see whats in. Was going to the Bunting corner until I saw TVA Security sitting on the levee. Great day Clear, sunny slight breeze 67 degs. 11 species Canada Goose 2 Lesser Scaup 5 Killdeer 2 Mourning Dove 8 Barn Swallow 5 Carolina Wren 1 Northern Mockingbird 1 European Starling 100 Red-winged Blackbird 25 Eastern Meadowlark 2 Common Grackle 25 View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S13884145 TN 2 Mem, Maxson Wastewater Lagoons(The Pits)/Earth Complex, Shelby, US-TN Apr 25, 2013 4:25 PM - 6:15 PM Protocol: Traveling 2.5 mile(s) Comments: Great day for the birds at the earth Complex and the Pits. Clear, sunny, slight breeze, 67 degs. Lots of shorebirds on the big far south eastern pits up near the TO Fuller /Horn Lake Cutoff Levee. 24 species Black-bellied Whistling-Duck 15 Canada Goose 33 Blue-winged Teal 142 These Teal were all over the place, many were back in the brush area where all the shorebirds were feeding in the deeper pools of water. Northern Shoveler 34 White-faced Ibis 1 Single bird feeding in the big lagoon along with the majority of the shorebirds. American Coot 107 Seems like there were more as they were in three connected ponds in the center of the complex. Semipalmated Plover 1 Killdeer 9 Black-necked Stilt 58 Lots more than last week, several are sitting on nests, others are pairing up and pairs are defending territory. Solitary Sandpiper 14 Not as many as last week. Lesser Yellowlegs 366 I stopped counting They were everywhere today very heavy concentrations in the back SE pits. Least Sandpiper 9 Pectoral Sandpiper 21 Stilt Sandpiper 9 Wilson's Phalarope 15 Two groups feeding alongside the Pects and Yellowlegs. Peregrine Falcon 1 This bad boy cleared the ponds in the center of the complex as I drove in. but came up empty handed on three tries. Northern Rough-winged Swallow 2 Barn Swallow 7 Northern Mockingbird 1 European Starling 50 Savannah Sparrow 35 Being flushed right and left on the grassy levee's. Red-winged Blackbird 50 Eastern Meadowlark 2 Common Grackle 20 View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S13884341 John "Jay" Walko Collierville, TN www.pbase.com/jwalko