FreeLists / tn-bird / [TN-Bird] That Time of Year

[Howard Groce <billyh@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

TN-Birders,

This has to be the most awesome time of the year.  I look forward to Spring's 
renewal every year with amazement at the sights, scents and sounds we're 
fortunate to experience.

We live in a small clearing surrounded by several hundred acres of woodland on 
the north side of Dale Hollow Lake.
A typical day has many species of birds, insects, reptiles and an abundance of 
wildlife for us to see and hear.  

I look forward to "our" migrants' return each year.  Tuesday I was fishing on 
the lake when I heard the resonant sounds of a Wood Thrush carrying across the 
water while we waited for the fish to bite.  The first one of the year is 
always a pleasant surprise.  Tuesday night we left a bedroom window open and 
were awakened Wednesday morning by our first Yellow-Breasted Chat.  Whoever 
wrote the description of its sounds in our field guide sure had it right. I've 
never heard such a mixed up bunch of chatter anywhere else.  Then, last night 
as I was walking from our barn to the house, just about dark thirty, I heard 
our first Whip-Poor-Will.  We look forward to them and the Chuck Will's Widow's 
also each year.

Well, that gets sights and sounds.......for scents, just try sitting on the 
front porch while a breeze blows through a Holly tree in full bloom.......

All this couldn't have happened accidentally !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Howard Groce
Byrdstown, (By Dale Hollow) TN

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