March 24, 2009 Shelby, Tipton, Haywood, Lauderdale, Dyer, Lake Co. TN DeSoto, Tunica Co. MS Crittenden Co. AR Here along the Mississippi River, we are still blessed with a pretty good population of Loggerhead Shrikes and in some areas fairly dense populations in both winter and summer seasons. I had decided to record the locations of every Loggerhead Shrike that I see in my birding travels this year which will be mainly along the Mississippi River. I've not covered many roads that would probably produce more records but just usually follow my regular birding routes. I try not to list the birds twice at the same locations and now that nesting has started, I'll start a new list of summer or breeding locations and nests. In the last 2 weeks I've noted nests at 3 locations but I've recorded pairs together even in January. So far this year I have located 69 individual birds at 64 GPS locations (5 pairs) in the following counties: TENNESSEE - Shelby 3, Tipton 2, Lauderdale 7, Haywood 1, Dyer 9 and Lake 3 ARKANSAS - Crittenden 19 MISSISSIPPI - DeSoto 9, Tunica 10 It will be interesting to see the difference in density between the summer and winter seasons. Good Birding !!! Jeff R. Wilson / TLBA 6300 Memphis-Arlington Road Bartlett, TN 38135 http://www.pbase.com/ol_coot/ What is this feathered thing that lifts my heart to the heavens. **************A Good Credit Score is 700 or Above. See yours in just 2 easy steps! (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1220085203x1201389322/aol?redir=http:%2F%2Fwww.freecreditreport.com%2Fpm%2Fdefault.aspx%3Fsc%3D668072%26hmpgID %3D62%26bcd%3DMarchfooterNO62) =================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/ MAP RESOURCES Tenn.Counties Map at http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/states/tennessee3.gif Aerial photos to complement google maps http://local.live.com _____________________________________________________________