Mississippi River landing Tiptonville, Tn. Lake Co. Black Bayou Sunday was a beautiful day to get out and do a little birding after breakfast. I drove down to Tiptonville to get gas and then on to the River. Usually I put my Binocs up and lately nothing has been there with the high water. Today there was a bonanza waiting for me. There were ducks strung out up and down in the water by the sandbar and behind the jetty to the North. Mostly Canvasback. At least 1500 plus and at least 250 Goldeneye and 100 plus Scaup. Not a lot of gulls but there was one Thayers and an Imm. Herring. among the Ringbilled. Had another suprise when the Old Coot himself showed up. Jeff has been a stranger up here. The birds behind the Jetty were really a distance and the heat waves were not any help. I later made it out to the Eagles nests on the levee by Lake #9 in Fulton Co. Ky. They have not made any effort to mate again that has been observed by the bus tours or photographers. The pair was in the area. At sunset they were sitting side by side on a limb over looking the river. Maybe they are talking about it. Its not too late. The other nesting pair has been seen at the nest frequently the last few days so maybe soon they will be sitting. I try to stay away from there and I know one photographer uses the lower road trying not to harass them. There needs to be some good signage there to remind folks to keep their distance. This new nest tree is close to the levee. Snow Geese and White fronted everywhere. I saw a huge flock of Mallards on the ground Wed. in Fulton Co. near Lake #9. 1000+ and a field full of Snow Geese just down the road. I had a small flock of Tree Sparrows in Black Bayou on Wed. Come on migration!! Nancy Moore Bluebasin Cove B&B Reelfoot lake Lake Co, Tn =================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 _____________________________________________________________