June 17-18,2006 Shelby Co. TN Mississippi Co. AR De Soto Co. MS This weekend, I located Western Kingbirds on 2 nests in TN, 3 nests in AR and 1 nest in MS. The nests in Shelby Co. were at a power substation in north Memphis along the Mississippi River, where there is also a pair of Scissor-tailed FC. I could not see the Western Kingbird nest near the causeway at President's Island but both of the Scissor-tailed FC were at their nest site on the island. On Saturday, I found 3 nests, and I'm sure there are a few more, in the industrial complex east of Blytheville, AR. A couple of weeks ago, I found a Western Kingbird at the same location I located Mississippi's first nest, two years ago. I returned today and spent some time looking through the hundreds of possible nest locations at that sub-station and in the process found 2 Starling's nests and 2 Morning Dove nests. Finally, I saw a wisp of grass in one of the switch gears and moved around until I could see a female Western Kingbird perched down in her nest with just her head and tail sticking up. With the telescope, I was able to get a shot of her comfortable but a little hazardous nest. If the switch throws, the nest and her will be toast and fried eggs. These birds like this particular piece of gear for their nests, as 3 of the 6 nest seen this weekend were on such switches. Three for three in three states for Western Kingbird Nests;o) Good Birding !!! Jeff R. Wilson / TLBA 6298 Memphis-Arlington Road Bartlett, TN 38135 =================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 _____________________________________________________________