May 3, 2005 Ensley Bottoms Memphis, TN This afternoon I returned to find both Reeves still present. The smaller darker bird slept in among the Blue-winged Teal almost the whole time I was there while the slightly larger more colorful bird fed all of the time except when it would stop to preen. To me this indicates the smaller bird may leave while I believe the other will stay a while. As usual there is a caveat, at 6 this afternoon a small male Peregrine Falcon sent all the birds into a tizzy and that lasted as they flushed time and time again until I left at 7:15. this may induce a few birds to vacate the pits. There are a few thousand birds down there and the mix has changed much since we were there on Friday. There are 5 female Wilson's Phalaropes in breeding plumage and one male. Many more Stilt Sandpipers and White-rumped. I just saw 2 Baird's and a ton of Dunlin. Most of the time was spent trying for photos of the distant birds with the winds buffeting the scope but I found 21 species. When all the birds flew about trying to figure out which way to go a Willet appeared for number 21. Others of interest were, 34 Long-billed Dowitchers and a fresh plumaged Short-billed, a basic plumaged Western plus one in heavy molt to alternate showing bright red shoulders and 2 Wilson's Snipe. Sora Rails continue to put on a show chasing around with the Grackle eating Bittern sulking in the same pit looking for another grackle maybe. 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 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ========================================================