Location: TN, Shelby Farms Shooting Rng and East Observation date: 10/27/07 Notes: Between Drs appts and pharmacy stops this morning I stopped by Meander Lake and checked it and the small round fish pond where Virginia Reynolds had reported the birds (Am Avocets) the day before. The birds were agitated by the presence of a hunter training his Brown lab in the fine art of retreiving. Scared the #$%^ out of the birds, Avocets, Killdeer, GB Heron and Geese that were in the pond at the time the dog hit water. Luckily they came back after flying over to Meander for a while and settled down. 10 American Avocets seen in all. Looks like 2-3 adults since they still had some rust color and were also a little larger. See pictures at. http://www.pbase.com/jwalko/am_avocets_at_shelby_farms_memphis NRW Swallows seen over the pond as you approach the old shooting range. Brown upper, white below fading to light tan under chin, no neck band. Number of species: 21 Canada Goose 82 Mallard 4 Great Blue Heron 2 Red-tailed Hawk 1 American Kestrel 1 Killdeer 33 American Avocet 10 Mourning Dove 27 Belted Kingfisher 2 Northern Flicker 2 Eastern Phoebe 2 Blue Jay 5 American Crow 2 Northern Rough-winged Swallow 9 Northern Mockingbird 22 European Starling 7 Yellow-rumped Warbler 9 Chipping Sparrow 3 White-throated Sparrow 12 Northern Cardinal 15 Red-winged Blackbird 6 Location: TN, Shelby Farms Patriot Lake Observation date: 10/27/07 Notes: Quick stop to see who's in onthis first sunny day in a week. Number of species: 10 Canada Goose 65 Mallard 3 American Coot 4 Killdeer 3 Mourning Dove 7 Belted Kingfisher 1 Northern Flicker 1 Blue Jay 3 Northern Mockingbird 3 European Starling 9 Location: TN, Shelby Farms Pine Lake Day use area Observation date: 10/27/07 Notes: Still anotherquick stop to see who's in. Number of species: 5 Gadwall 11 Mallard 33 Great Egret 1 Killdeer 2 Red-headed Woodpecker 1 Location: TN, Shelby Farms Picnic Shltr 4/Lake Observation date: 10/27/07 Notes: Must be harvest festival day all sorts of people setting up picnics etc.... Fishermen everywhere also. Ducks must be where its less human involvement. Number of species: 10 Gadwall 4 Mallard 3 Turkey Vulture 1 Killdeer 1 Northern Flicker 1 Blue Jay 2 American Crow 3 American Robin 50 Northern Mockingbird 7 European Starling 250 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 _____________________________________________________________