Feb. 25, 2007 Shelby Farms, Shelby Co. TN Hatchie NWR, Haywood Co. TN I had crows carrying nesting material at both locations Sunday. The birds at Shelby Farms were placing material in a pine tree south of the Agri-Center while a pair made 2 trips into an area south of Oneal Lake at the Hatchie Refuge. The waterfowl at Shelby Farms had abandoned the lakes for the flooded fields where I found the two groups of Cackling mucking in the mud along with the Canada Geese, 2 Snow and the Ross's but no Greater White-fronted. I've seen Crows rob nests for nestlings and witness them killing adult House Sparrows but Sunday I watched 2 Common Crows jump a Grackle as it fed along the shore of a wet area at the Hatchie Headquarters. One Crow was walking along the top of a levee when it descended on the Grackle and was quickly joined by its traveling companion. There was a pretty good tussle and I expected the Grackle to come out in a hurry but that was not the case. Shortly the Crows were feeding on the unlucky bird. Finally one of the crows walked out to the top of the levee with the Grackles head in tow, flew to a tree and completed its meal. I got a few grisly photos. Other than the expected fare, two Great Egrets and a single Tree Swallow were the only other birds of interest at Hatchie. Good Birding !!! Jeff R. Wilson / TLBA 6298 Memphis-Arlington Road Bartlett, TN 38135 <BR><BR><BR>**************************************<BR> AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL 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 _____________________________________________________________