July 7, 2007 Dacus Bar Ensley Bottoms Shelby Co, TN Well almost zero;o) When I arrived at the pits this morning, all the birds were in the air as an adult male, Cooper's Hawk was circling over the main pit. There are huge numbers of Starlings and Killdeer so it was an impressive swirl of birds. When everything settled in, I was set back by the numbers of Least Sandpipers and after counting from a couple of vantage points I had 112, plus I'd come up with 2 Pectoral, 2 Lesser Yellowlegs, 1 Stilt Sandpiper and 3 Solitary Sandpipers. The Pectoral, Lesser Yellowlegs and Stilt were first of season for the pits. So far in Shelby Co, the Wind Bird species total this season is 11. On Dacus Bar, there were Killdeer, 21 Least Sandpipers and 3 Black-necked Stilts. I've added a few photos to my 2007 page of my "TOO CUTE" White-tail fawn that I lucked up on yesterday and a shot of the Stilt Sandpiper that blew in this morning, plus a gutsy Killdeer...Try: _http://www.pbase.com/ol_coot/new_2007&page=all_ (http://www.pbase.com/ol_coot/new_2007&page=all) Scroll down past Coyote photos, click on Doe Photo........You can select the size you want to view below the photo.. 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 _____________________________________________________________