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At daybreak here in Charlotte Park, West Nashville, Davidson County,   just 
east of the Cumberland River across from Bell's Bend, five cedar waxwings  
helped me greet 2006 by feeding in the top of one of my hackberry trees.
 
At 12:15 PM, I was returning the dishes to the kitchen after a repast of  
country ham, black-eyed peas, rice, collards and hog jowl, I looked out the  
window and saw a gorgeous male Eastern bluebird on a wire.  It stayed for a  
moment, then swooped down into the yard and snatched up an insect all the while 
 
displaying its breathtakingly blue back. It perched on the wire  for several 
minutes then flew to a tree in my far back yard.  Wouldn't it  be fantastic if 
it 
is one of the bluebirds that was checking out the woodpecker  hole in my dead 
ash tree last week, liked what it saw and comes back with a  female to raise 
a brood in my yard next year?  I think that is unlikely as  the hole is higher 
above ground that any nesting sight I've ever seen for a  bluebird.  Could 
it, would it adapt?  Oh well, I can dream, can't  I?
 
Along with all the Smorgabird regulars including my peanut butter begging  
mockingbirds and my sassy little white-crowned sparrow, these two species  
guaranteed me a happy start to the New Year! 
 
I still have NOT had my usual red-breasted nuthatch or brown creeper  
appearances this year.  Too hot?  Of course, just watch for the  weather to 
give us 
an ice storm just before I'm due to drive to Florida for some  birding later 
this winter!  If ice threatens, I'll just leave ahead of  schedule!
 
HAPPY NEW YEAR to you all, and a birdy great 2006!
 
Dee Thompson
Nashville, TN

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