May 29-30, 2005 West TN and North MS The shorebird numbers at the pits took another expected drop with just singles of many of the species left. One pair of the Painted Buntings appear to be feeding young while two males continue boundary disputes. Both the Western Kingbird and Scissor-tailed Flycatchers are setting eggs and two more broods of Black-necked Stilts have hatched. The Western Kingbird was again seen about a mile from last years nest location in Tunica Co, MS but I never saw any indications of a second bird. Only one Whimbrel was seen on the Loosahatchie Bar on Sunday morning but not visible a couple of hours later. I took a trip to the area around Pickwick for Bachman's Sparrow and Prairie Warbler and found the warblers everywhere using my song finder but only had one Bachman's singing all morning. I started to make a trip north to the area around McKenzie for Lark Sparrow but got side tracked. I was trying to round off my TN year list to 260 before June but had to settle at 259 and counting. It has been a good year but a strange migration. I've still got a shot at a few misses this fall. Good Birding!!! Jeff R. Wilson OL'COOT / TLBA Bartlett, TN =================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBER===================== The TN-Bird Net requires you to sign your messages with first and last name, city (town) and state abbreviation. ----------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------- 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 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society web site at http://www.tnbirds.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Topographical Maps located at http://topozone.com/find.asp * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ========================================================