Location: TN 2 Mem, Maxson Wastewater Lagoons(The Pits)/Earth Complex Observation date: 5/16/08 Notes: Was able to make it all the way around on all levees today in the van. Solid ground underneath.Spring migration still strong at Ensley Bottoms. Shorebirds scattered over three main areas today. Pit #5 had the least amount of birds on the open areas with L Yel Legs and Blk-necked Stilts congregating in feeding areas. The pond that holds alot of dead weeds and scrub held the most birds today as birds were coming and going in the scruub. http://www.pbase.com/jwalko/may16 Birds of the day were the 6 Black-bellied plovers resting in this pond as well as the Black tern that alternated rest and feeding flights. Dowitchers were heavy in the far western pond/wet area recently dug this year. From high on the levee good scope looks were givin. Several Coots have been taking up space down here since late April and seem content on staying around. Cold front yesterday brought cooler temps however the brunt of the storms went south of us. Missing in todays counts are the Wilsons Phalaropes that had been here this past week or so, hopefully they still around but in an area I could not get through to see. Solitaries and Pectoral SP are practically no where to be found after good counts past two weeks. Most likely alot more birds just not seen in tall grass and scrub. Number of species: 34 Canada Goose 29 Mallard 9 Blue-winged Teal 12 Northern Bobwhite 2 American Coot 7 Black-bellied Plover 6 Killdeer 26 Black-necked Stilt 100+/- Spotted Sandpiper 15 Solitary Sandpiper 1 Lesser Yellowlegs 125+/- Semipalmated Sandpiper 6 Least Sandpiper 200+/- White-rumped Sandpiper 35+/- Pectoral Sandpiper 1 Dunlin 4 Stilt Sandpiper 70+/- Short-billed Dowitcher 26 Black Tern 1 Rock Pigeon 3 Mourning Dove 27 Eastern Wood-Pewee 1 White-eyed Vireo 3 Tree Swallow 7 Barn Swallow 9 Carolina Wren 1 American Robin 3 European Starling X Savannah Sparrow 5 Dickcissel 2 Red-winged Blackbird X Eastern Meadowlark 4 Orchard Oriole 3 Baltimore Oriole 2 John "Jay" Walko Collierville, Tn http://www.pbase.com/jwalko =================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/ MAP RESOURCES Tenn.Counties Map at http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/states/tennessee3.gif Aerial photos to complement google maps http://local.live.com _____________________________________________________________