Sunday morning Jay Walko led one of the TOS trips to Memphis north treatment plant and to Ensley Bottoms. We ran into Jeff Wilson at Ensley and he graciously shared with us his knowledge and experience of shorebirds there at "the Pits". The shorebird assemblage was not reported to be impressive the day before, but Sunday morning enough birds came in to keep our spotting scopes busy. Rain drove us off, and we left Jeff to watch for the rain to put that next good bird down. Jay will post more but here's the birds from my notes: Richard Connors Nashville Blue-winged Teal Northern Shoveler Ruddy Duck - 1 male, breeding plumage Cattle Egret - 1 Sora - 1 heard only American Coot Killdeer Black-necked Stilt Greater Yellowlegs Lesser Yellowlegs Solitary Sandpiper Willet Spotted Sandpiper Western Sandpiper Least Sandpiper Stilt Sandpiper Short-billed Dowitcher - few Long-billed Dowitcher - 12+ Fish Crow Horned Lark Savannah Sparrow Song Sparrow Dickcissel **************Need a new ride? Check out the largest site for U.S. used car listings at AOL Autos. (http://autos.aol.com/used?NCID=aolcmp00300000002851) =================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 _____________________________________________________________