September 11, 2004 Ensley Bottoms Shelby Co. TN I met Terry Witt at the pits Friday afternoon and we went back and forth trying to get him a better look at the duck. In between, we toured the pits and took a look at the wind bird collection. We had 5 Baird's Sandpipers that were real eye candy in the afternoon sun plus some nice views of Western and Semipalmated immatures and finally quite a few long awaited immature Pectoral Sandpipers the first real group of this year. About 15 species were present with a growing mass of Least Sandpipers. The Buff-breasted was a no show. The Mottled finally put on a good show when it dropped in with a group of Mallards at 7:15. The duck could be immediately picked up in flight and after landing proceeded to preen and show us details in the fading light. 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 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ========================================================