Friday evening April 16 about 6:30 pm as I sat on my front porch, I saw a first year male Orchard Oriole stop briefly in the top of an oak tree next to my yard. I got my binoculars on it in time to see the black bib and yellow head. A sure sign of spring. Also on Apr. 16 in a nearby oak tree that had the top broken out a year or two ago, a male Red-bellied woodpecker made several trips into a nest hole. I suspect the female is sitting on eggs. Will keep a lookout for further activity. Today Apr. 17 I visited the section of the Greenbelt off of Ravine Street where a Yellow Crowned night heron nest was found last year. I did not see any sign of the herons today. Mary Erwin Kingsport ************************************************* 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-****