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["Patty Ford" <pattyford@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi - On a wonderful field trip up to the Cherokee Lake & Dam area yesterday,
we were treated to watching both the male and female Orchard Orioles feeding
two or three babies in a beautiful sack-like nest HIGH up in a pine tree.
Thank goodness for spotting scopes!  In the same tree, we spotted a second
nest (looked like mostly pine needles) and watched it long enough to see
Cedar Waxwings fly in and out!!  A large nest for such small birds - it was
about the size of a cantaloupe!
            While at Mossy Creek observation platform, a mature Bald Eagle
flew in from behind us and treated us to a nice fly-by about 30 feet in
front of us!  

            Thanks to Harold Howell for leading a great field trip!

 

 

Patty Ford

Knoxville, TN

 


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