FreeLists / tn-bird / [TN-Bird] Birdy morning!!!!! Possible "rarie"

[Dthomp2669@xxxxxxx]

Good Morning,
 
There is lots of activity here in the Charlotte Park section of West  
Nashville today.  First, among my house finches, I saw a smaller bird with  
some pink 
on it.  By the time I turned to look at it better, it flew into  the grape 
vines and disappeared below the deck.  From what I saw, it looked  as if it 
MIGHT be a redpoll like we saw in Hohenwald last winter.   I  put out lots of 
feed, so hope it comes back.  You West Nashville folks  watch your feeders just 
in 
case  he didn't like mine.  He's 5" long to  a house finch's 5 1/4" which is 
a pretty good gap with birds that small.   He was with house finches which is 
how I noticed the size differential which WAS  quite definitive, and I am 
pretty sure that I saw his red poll!
 
A flock of about 200 grackles arrived in my trees, and several came to  feed. 
 All of a sudden, ALL the grackles, my blue jays, cardinals,  
white-throateds, juncos, house finches, house sparrows, mourning doves,  
chickadees and 
titmice fled.  I looked up just in time to see a  daylight-flying great horned 
owl 
land in my hackberry tree.  I don't know  what has it out at a little past 
8:00 A.M., but he was sure here.  He left  shortly and flew toward the river.
 
Slowly, the small birds came out from their hiding spots among the grape  
leaves and under the chairs on the deck.  Shortly afterwards, my male downy  
woodpecker landed on the hummingbird feeder and started sucking up the sugar  
water.  He then flew over to the thistle feeder and helped himself.   He flew 
to 
the deck floor to feed on seed, but he flew away when a squirrel  intimidated 
him.  A Carolina wren then lit on the hummingbird feeder  briefly followed by a 
trip to eat from the thistle feeder.  Another was  searching for food among 
the grape leaves that have fallen on the deck.  Of  course, a couple of 
mockingbirds are lapping up the peanut butter on the deck  rail and drinking 
lots of 
water.
 
A neighbor called me late yesterday afternoon about a bird in one of  her 
trees.  From the description, it sounds like a red-breasted  nuthatch.  I sent 
her the Cornell link and asked her to look him up.   In past winters, I have 
had 
them in my pines here three times, but they did not  stay.
 
Have a good birdy day!
 
Dee Thompson
Nashville, TN
 


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