10/22/06 Henry Co (Paris Landing to Britton Ford) I spent a quick couple of hours looking for waterbirds around KY Lake in Henry Co on Sunday. I didn't spend any time at all working passerines, but a flyover Pine Siskin at Paris Landing was a bit of a surprise. Highlight on the day was 6 species of gulls. In addition to the hordes of Ring-bills in the area, there were a number of Herrings, including several dark juvenile birds. A few Bonaparte's are in, but not in any numbers in the area yet. The other 3 gulls were a juvenile Lesser-Blacked Gull on the island at Paris Landing, along with single 1st-winter Franklin's and Laughing Gulls. I had been wondering when a Lesser Black-backed would show up, as they arrived in late September last year. Otherwise, good numbers of Forster's Terns still around at both Paris Landing and Eagle Creek. Paris Landing also produced the 1st Loons of the season, but only 2 Commons. Coots have taken over the area, but I couldn't ferret out any diving ducks from the masses of Coots, dabblers, and Pied-billed Grebes. A quick trip to Port Rd produced NOT A SINGLE BIRD, but this will change shortly. Shorebirds were few and far between, with 8 Lesser Yellowlegs, 2 Greater Yellowlegs, 3 Dunlin, and Killdeer at Eagle Creek. Britton Ford added a dozen Least Sandpipers, and that wrapped them up. A single young Greater White-fronted Goose is at Britton Ford, but nothing else of note. Tree Swallows were seen working everywhere I went, but no other species could be picked out. I didn't try for Warblers, but the only species I had besides Yellow-rumps was Tennessee. Pretty quiet overall, I should have been in Mississippi! Good Birding!! Mike Todd McKenzie, TN birder1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx www.pbase.com/mctodd =================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 _____________________________________________________________