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[Dthomp2669@xxxxxxx]

Mornin',

While having my oatmeal and watching my outside feeders, I saw two little 
brown birds fly up to a wire just above my deck.  The first one stayed long 
enough for me to see that it was a lovely white throated sparrow; then it gave 
its 
call which proved it to my amazed self.  By that time, the second bird have 
flown, so I do not know if I had one or two of them.  Isn't it early for 
white-throats in Nashville?  It does seem that I went through this last year, 
although every year before, I haven't had them until about Christmas time.  It 
seems 
my juncoes were early last year too.  They had always been late December/early 
January arrivals on my deck before.  Both species stayed seemingly very late 
this past spring as well.  I remember wondering if they were going to stay all 
summer!  Occasionally, I still have two of the field sparrow family that took 
up here a couple or three months ago, probably the parents who came in first. 
 One was on a feeder late yesterday.  I would suspect they have sent their 
young packing--away from the free smorga-bird the parents enjoy so much.

Happy and blessed birding,

Dee Thompson
Nashville, TN    (Charlotte Park, 5 or 6 blocks from the old Cleece's Ferry 
Ramp)
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