I drove in and there was a Common Grackle on the bird feeder chowing down on black sunflower seeds which I think is a first in my yard. Certainly first of the year. A little later, just before the start of a rainshower, I spent a few minutes sitting on the patio in my yard to see what was flying around. Mostly the normal, Yellow-rumped Warblers, American Goldfinches, Brown Thrasher (1st this year), Carolina Chickadees, Blue Jay,... Suddenly everybody left as a larger bird flew in and landed in an elm. It started raining a little harder, but I sat there with a great, long look at a Coopers Hawk, certainly a first in the yard. I have had raptors before and they were probaby Coopers, but this was my first opportunity to get a good look. Bill Grigsby Kingsport, TN ************************************************* BRISTOL BIRDS NET LIST Bristol Birds Net Photo Gallery located at: http://f2.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/jwcoffeyy/album?.dir=/efd5 This is a regional birding list sponsored by the Bristol Bird Club to facilitate communications between birders and bird clubs of Southwest Virginia and Northeast Tennessee. -------------------------------------------------- You are subscribed to Bristol-Birds. To post to this mailing list, simply send an email to: bristol-birds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe, send an email to bristol-birds-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the one word 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field. -------------------------------------------------- Wallace Coffey, Moderator wallace@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (423)764-****