Sorry about my late post, Thanks to Gail King the bird sighting was reported on Friday. On late afternoon of Thursday August 2, 2012, approx 430pm, I observed 16 White Ibis (Immature) in the two most eastern ponds of the RiverPort Rd Slough system down at Ensley Bottoms. They were feeding with a large mixed flock of waders (Great Egrets, Snowy Egrets, Little Blue Herons, Green Herons, Great Blue herons and a Black-crowned Night Heron) in the sloughes that are rapidly drying up due to the drought. I alerted Jeff Wilson, who in turn alerted Gail King. By the the time night fall sent all home a total of 22 of the White Ibis (IM) had been counted as they began to move from one slough to another. My thanks to Jeff and and Gail who came down and verified the sighting, and to Gail in being diligent in trying to count the birds as they finally moved from the first waterway that I found them in which was blocked by a lot of greenery to the the second more open larger pond. Several pictures of the birds can be found at the following phase gallery. http://www.pbase.com/jwalko/white_ibis_ John "Jay" Walko Collierville, TN 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 -------------------------------- Assistant Moderator Chris O'Bryan Clemson, SC __________________________________________________________ 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 _____________________________________________________________