PYRPYRFECT@xxxxxxx wrote: > The "Seasonal Occurrences of Shelby County, Tennessee, Birds" > (available from the Memphis Chapter of the TN Ornithology Society) > lists the least tern as "uncommon" from early May to early September. > "Birds of Northwest Mississippi; Desoto, Tate and Tunica Counties" > lists only one record of a least tern, that in September. This > sighting should be reported to the Rare Birds Records Committee for > Mississippi. Now that you mention it, they may have been Foster Terns. Let me go back and take another look. I don't want to sound any alarms, before there's a fire. A friend just informed me that Least Terns usually don't arrive in numbers until May. Robert F... Memphis TN =================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBER===================== The TN-Bird Net requires you to sign your messages with first and last name, city (town) and state abbreviation. ----------------------------------------------------- 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. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Topographical Maps located at http://topozone.com/find.asp * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society web site at http://www.tnbirds.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * TN-Bird Net Owner: Wallace Coffey, Bristol, TN jwcoffey@xxxxxxxxxx (423) 764-3958 =========================================================