Area Birders, This week I built a small stream about 12 feet long with a couple of pools, that flows into our yard pond. When I was testing the water flow a CERULEAN WARBLER flew into the cherry tree just a few feet from me. It hopped lower and lower. It seemed very interested in the stream. After looking the stream over it flew off. I finished the stream yesterday. Within an hour several species had come to visit. First, two YELLOW WARBLERS came to hop along the stream bed and to bathe. Soon 4 MOURNING DOVES came for a drink. A GRAY CATBIRD bathed, while a young CARDINAL imitated its movements from the bank. Next a male AMERICAN REDSTART flew in to hawk insects above the water. It was soon followed by a COMMON GRACKLE, a male RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD and two SONG SPARROWS that bathed and hopped among the rocks. A YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT came out of some large ferns for a drink, as did a couple of BROWN THRASHERS. There were also a few STARLINGS that came to drink. Even a couple of Chipmunks came to enjoy the water. I know that running water is attractive to birds, but I wouldn't have imagined that with the pond already there, so many species would have been drawn to this small stream. Enjoy the birds, Roger Mayhorn Grundy VA ************************************************* 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-****