FreeLists / tn-bird / [TN-Bird] First White-Thr. Sparrow

[Robbie Hassler <drhass@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

In my backyard before, going to church, I saw what I thought was a White-thr. 
Sparrow. The warm day made me think--no, too warm, too early.  This afternoon 
it came out of the briar patch and fed around in the yard for confirmation.

I had 14 wild turkeys in the field beside my house early this morning.

This afternoon from about 3:00 PM to 4:00 PM I was sitting on the patio looking 
across the river view I looked up and saw an Osprey circling very low thre 
times before leaving.  Then the warblers came.  The trees were full of them.  
There was a swarm of small insects around a hemlock and the warblers were 
acting like flycatchers.  The list below does not include the local resident 
birds.

Osprey-----------------------------1
Ruby-Thr. Hummingbird------1 or 2
Peewee ----------------------------1
Ruby-cr. Kinglet-----------------3
Black-thr. Green Wblr---------5
Magnolia Wblr.-------------------20 +
Pine Wblr.-------------------------10 ?
Male Summer Tanager--------1 Handsome fellow!
WHITE-thr. SPARROW---------1  First for season

So many came at one time, who knows what I missed.

Robbie Hassler
Byrdstown, TN
Pickett County