Sightings report 9 Oct 2006, Ensley Bottoms area, Memphis, Shelby county, TN Location: TVA PONDS Observation date: 10/9/06, 400-410pm Notes: Kinda empty today. Number of species: 6 Great Blue Heron 1 Red-tailed Hawk 1 American Coot 17 Mourning Dove 3 European Starling 18 Red-winged Blackbird 22 Location: TE Maxwell Lagoons Observation date: 10/9/06,410-520pm Notes: Overall numbers of shore birds down from last week. Not many birds at all in the first several ponds except starlings. The big pond was slow until the back third where the largest groups were. About a 1000 lessors total. The back corner had the deeper water as usual and the bigger birds were back there. This is the second day i have seen Grter Yellow Legs. Took picts last time, no camera today. One lessor observed with only one leg, he was keeping up with the others. Took the high road behind the big ponds in the trees. LBJ's starting to move around alot. Number of species: 14 Great Blue Heron 3 Red-tailed Hawk 4 Killdeer 53 Greater Yellowlegs 1 Lesser Yellowlegs 32 Solitary Sandpiper 1 Least Sandpiper 1000 Mourning Dove 37 Northern Flicker 1 Blue Jay 2 Carolina Wren 1 Northern Mockingbird 2 European Starling 400 Red-winged Blackbird 27 Location: Riverport Rd Ponds / Swamp Observation date: 10/9/06,520-535pm Notes: Water is drying up fast in all the ponds. Starlings roosting. Number of species: 6 Canada Goose 10 Wood Duck 3 Great Blue Heron 3 Great Egret 4 Killdeer 7 European Starling 200 Jay Walko, MTOS, 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 _____________________________________________________________