FreeLists / tn-bird / [TN-Bird] Good Yard Bird Week

["Tommy Curtis" <tcbirdwatch@xxxxxxxxxx>]

We had a surprisingly good July week number of birds in our yard.  Highest 
count of the week was 44 species today.  We've really enjoyed the parent birds 
bringing their babies for us to see:  Yellow-breasted Chat, White-eyed Vireo, 
Blue-Gray Gnatcatchers, Eastern Wood PeeWee, Orchard Orioles, and Red-tailed 
Hawk have all made appearances.  But the baby highlight of the week was the 
Pileated Woodpecker baby so young his little (relative term compared to his 
parents) head was pink rather than red.  It was so ugly it was cute.  
Other Warblers seen were a Cerulean female, Common Yellowthroat male, and two 
American Redstart females.  In addition we saw:  Red-eyed Vireo, an immature 
Great-creasted Flycatcher, a Summer Tanager male, Cedar Waxwings, a male 
Scarlet Tanager and finally a Wood Thrush viewed after hearing them for days. 

Ruby-throated Hummingbird have continued to empty 8 feeders daily.  Although 
we've not seen many we think are babies, numbers seem to be increasing, so 
either they are sneaking in or they matured during the two weeks we were in 
Tucson.  

Tommy and Virginia Curtis
Smithville, TN
DeKalb County
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