FreeLists / tn-bird / [TN-Bird] Heavy bird traffic today

[Dthomp2669@xxxxxxx]

Hi Birders,
 
While attending a meeting on the top floor of the Hampton Inn--Green Hills  
(Nashville, Davidson County) this morning, bird traffic was quite heavy as  
viewed through the glass sides and ceiling of their Belle Meade Room.   
Literally 
thousands of robins, grackles and starlings flew south over the  building 
during the entire hour and a half that I was there.  Two turkey  vultures were 
floating in the sky over Green Hills most of the time, and the two  crows flew 
over the building without stopping.  Crows usually land on the  roof during 
meetings where they "caw" loudly and peck even more loudly at  their 
reflections 
in the Plexiglas thereby heckling the speakers quite  thoroughly.  I have 
named the crows Heckle and Jeckle, but they did  not "perform" for today's 
speaker.  The resident red-tailed hawk also took  up a little air space with 
its 
soaring.
 
On the way home, I spied a sparrow hawk on a wire over the  vacant grassy 
field behind the Hill's Grocery on Annex Avenue at Charlotte  Pike. It could be 
seen as I drove along Annex beside the field.
 
Cheers, prayers and happy birding,
 
Dee Thompson
Nashville, TN

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