Thanks to everyone who contributed to making the TOS State Spring Meeting last weekend here in Memphis a great success! The most outstanding birds were the male Yellow-headed Blackbird and the Harris's Sparrow. Both were seen at Shelby Farms on Saturday and again on Sunday. The Harris's was observed by 15 or more folks on Saturday, by a few on Sunday. The Yellow-headed found by Dan and Laurie Mooney on Saturday afternoon. They relocated the bird in a different spot in the park on Sunday; subsequently, it was seen by perhaps 30 to 40 people. Also, there was a Marbled Godwit seen at Ensley on Sunday. I will attempt to list the species found for the weekend, and their locations, when known. Key to locations: sf = Shelby Farms msp = Meeman Shelby Forest State Park e = Ensley/ EARTH Complex Canada Goose sf, msp, e Wood Duck e Mallard sf, msp, e Blue-winged teal sf, e N. Shoveler sf Lesser Scaup sf Wild Turkey e N. Bobwhite sf Pied-billed Grebe e D-c Cormorant e Great Blue Heron sf, msp Great Egret e Snowy Egret e Little Blue Heron msp, e Cattle Egret sf Green heron sf, e Yellow-cr. Night-Heron e Black Vulture sf Turkey Vulture sf Osprey sf Mississippi Kite msp N. Harrier sf Cooper's Hawk sf Red-shouldered Hawk msp Broad-winged Hawk msp Red-tailed hawk sf Am. Kestrel e Peregrine Falcon e Sora sf Am. Coot sf Semipalmated Plover e Killdeer sf, e Black-necked Stilt e Greater Yellowlegs e Lesser Yellowlegs sf,e Solitary Sandpiper sf,e WILLET e Spotted Sandpiper sf, e MARBLED GODWIT e Semipalmated Sandpiper e Western Sandpiper e Least Sandpiper sf, e BAIRD'S SANDPIPER e Pectoral Sandpiper e Stilt Sandpiper e Dowitcher e Wilson's Snipe sf Wilson's Phalarope e Ring-billed Gull sf Forster's Tern sf Least Tern e Rock Pigeon sf Eurasian Collared-Dove e Mourning Dove sf Yellow-billed Cuckoo msp Common Nighthawk sf Chimney Swift sf R-t Hummingbird msp B. Kingfisher sf Woodpeckers: Red-headed sf, msp, e Red-bellied sf, msp Downy sf, msp Hairy msp Pileated sf, msp Flicker e PASSERINES to follow separately Rob Peeples President, Memphis Chapter TOS Germantown, 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. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 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 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society web site at http://www.tnbirds.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Topographical Maps located at http://topozone.com/find.asp * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ========================================================