Sightings Report 27 July 07 Northhaven Wetlands, Memphis, Shelby County Location: TN, NHVN Hwy 51 Pond west side Observation date: 7/27/07 1015-1035am Notes: Pond like all bodies of water around here is drying up earlier than last year. Good amount of mudflats abound with grass beginning to grow on it. Good mix of Herons and Egrets today. Number of species: 9 Canada Goose 20 Mallard 9 Great Blue Heron 1 Great Egret 1 Little Blue Heron 2 Green Heron 3 Killdeer 14 Lesser Yellowlegs 2 Barn Swallow 5 Location: TN, NHVN N Watkins Ponds S of Bridge Obs Date: 7/27/07 1040-1100am The southern most wetland area has no water at all to speak of right now. Just a field of high grass, Small puddle in the dead timber area. No Waders just the field and forest birds. The Cypress pond is getting low with a large mudflat forming at the northend. All the Egrets were within the north 3rd of the pond spaced out about 20 yds apiece. Number of Species: 5 Great Egret 11 Turkey Vulture 1 Killdeer 3 Northern Cardinal 1 Blue Grosbeak 1 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/ 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 _____________________________________________________________