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[Dthomp2669@xxxxxxx]

Greetings,

I arrived home at approximately 10:45 AM having just completed my monthly 
first-Wednesday-of-the-month-senior-discount grocery shopping at Krogers to 
find 
a new bird feeding on my deck.  Along with four mourning doves, I saw an 
Eurasian collared dove stalking around feeding away at the Wood Thrush Store's 
mix 
that I use.  The quintet of birds fed for about three to four minutes giving 
me a nice chance to do a little comparative study.  One of my poodles then 
appeared at the French door, and the birds flew into the tree behind my deck.  
As 
of this time, one mourning (perhaps a different regular) has appeared, but I 
haven't seen any of the others.  I do hope the EUCD does return, as I just got 
my lifers back in August when the Nashville TOS went to Ensley Bottoms and the 
Memphis Railroad Yards.  I'd like a little more time to experience this bird. 
 I think I DID see it in Europe in the 60's, but I have misplaced the record 
if I did with all the packing and moving that I've done in the past 42 years.

No juncos today, so maybe those two from yesterday were just on their way to 
their OWN wintering grounds and not my usual crew that normally comes a little 
later.  Haven't seen that starved sparrow again either.  Of course, I was 
away for almost two hours and was getting dressed before that, so may have 
missed 
anything good.  Since it is raining pretty steadily, the birds are probably 
"holed up" for the duration or until they become so ravenously hungry that a 
little rain won't dampen their quests for food.  There is PLENTY out there for 
them.  My "smorgabird" is heavily laden.

Cheers & Prayers,

Dee Thompson
Nashville, TN (a few blocks east of the old Cleece's Ferry ramp on the 
Cumberland)
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