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[Dthomp2669@xxxxxxx]

Folks,
 
Another good bird showed up just now, "skulking" through the grape  vine that 
surrounds my deck in the Charlotte Park section of West Nashville,  Davidson 
County.  It was my first of the season gray catbird, and it was  obviously 
searching for grapes.  I think it found ONE!  The birds have  gorged on my 
bumper 
crop of grapes for several weeks, so the crop is almost  totally depleted.  
After the catbird got its one grape, it flew out and  perched on top of my 
grill where it posed long enough for me to get several  fairly good photos 
through 
the glass of my French doors.  It then flew back  into the grape vine and 
worked its way back through all the foliage until it  disappeared at the end of 
the deck.  With no more grapes to eat, it has  probably "flown and gone" by 
now, and I may not have another all  fall/winter.  I usually see about one per 
year, usually after the grapes  are finished.  There are still a few poke 
berries at the side of the deck,  so maybe that will satisfy the catbird if it 
finds 
them.  Just checked, and  the catbird and a male cardinal were over there 
eating poke berries.  The  catbird went into hiding  but the cardinal flew up 
to 
the deck rail and  posed for photos with a poke berry in its beak allowing for 
a couple of very  nice shots through the kitchen window.
 
Happy birding, again.
 
Dee Thompson
Nashville, TN
 
 

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