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[Dthomp2669@xxxxxxx]

Hello,
 
Once again, there are three active mockingbird nests here in the Charlotte  
Park area of West Nashville.  The one across the street has "squalling"  babies 
in it, and a nest at a yard two doors behind me and one just down the  hill 
beside me has a "sitting" parent   Parents are feeding the babies  across the 
street and mates are diligently hauling beaksful of peanut butter to  parents 
on the other two nests.  The peanut butter disappears FAST with all  the mouths 
to feed.
 
Before the wild grapes hardly turn pinkish, the catbird is making short  work 
of them early each morning then skulks away silently to its domain in the  
heavy underbrush along the Interstate behind the houses that back up to  it.  
That catbird is truly a "gray ghost" in its quiet existence except for  a 
little 
"meow" once in awhile.  I've only seen one, so it may have a mate  nesting in 
it's hiding place about a block away. I say "one" because that one  seems to 
get all the few ripening grapes before it leaves.
 
With the huge number of green grapes on that huge vine, there'll be plenty  
for lots of birds at the height of the harvest season.
 
Not one hummingbird has shown up yet, and they usually start coming here  
about this time. Normally, I have at least one by the time my birthday rolls  
around on the 20th which came last Friday.  The feeder is freshly filled  
daily, 
and I just keep hoping!  One came one day a couple of months ago,  but it 
moved on to a destination unknown.
 
Happy birding,
 
Dee Thompson
Nashville, TN


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