June 29-30, 2007 President's Island North Memphis, Shelby Co, TN Last week, I found the hybrid female Scissor-tailed Flycatcher feeding only one youngster but suspected there might have been some hidden in a nearby tree. This Friday, I found she had all four of her brood lined up on a chain link fence and Saturday, she had moved them out of the industrial area and over to the fields to the north. She is taking good care of them and feeding them all by herself. I've posted photos of her and the youngsters at the last of this page: _http://www.pbase.com/ol_coot/sex_in_city&page=all_ (http://www.pbase.com/ol_coot/sex_in_city&page=all) I've also posted the latest photos of the north Memphis hybrid young, being tended by Mom the hybrid and Dad a Western Kingbird. There is a second nest with another hybrid female mated with another Western Kingbird. These photos are at the same site as above. I'm interested in seeing what these birds will look like as these youngster's grandmother was a hybrid???? Another Western Kingbird site, I found in between these two locations appears to have 3 pair nesting. Making four different nest sites inside the Memphis city limits. Good Birding !!! Jeff R. Wilson / TLBA 6298 Memphis-Arlington Road Bartlett, TN 38135 http://www.pbase.com/ol_coot/ What is this feathered thing that lifts my heart to the heavens. ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com. =================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 _____________________________________________________________