July 1, 2007 Mississippi River Ensley Bottoms Shelby Co, TN After seeing my first of season migrant Wind Birds on the river on June 22, I had found 2 Willet working Dacus Bar on Saturday. I had a few more Least Sandpipers that afternoon and then on Sunday at the "Pits" in Ensley Bottoms, I had 5 Least Drop in for my first of season there. About and hour later another single Least was seen in another area. On the River, early Sunday, I counted 65 Least Terns at nest sites and hunting the river. Right on time were a pair of Black Terns coming down river and as usual it was an adult and an immature bird. One heart stopper on Saturday was a bird flying up river, this bird was fairly good size, flashing white out side primaries, the rest dark except a white belly. My mind was churning trying to guess what rarity it might be, when it finally arrived..............it was a symmetrically plumaged, partial albino Green Heron;o) Good Birding !!! Jeff R. Wilson / TLBA 6298 Memphis-Arlington Road Bartlett, TN 38135 http://www.pbase.com/ol_coot/ What is this feathered thing that lifts my heart to the heavens. ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com. =================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 _____________________________________________________________