[TN-Bird] Altitude Adjustments

March 22-23, 2003
East Ark - West TN

Roving around this weekend, I had to make a few altitude adjustments. Usually 
low sulking Brown Thrashers are now in the tip top of trees singing away. 
White-throated Sparrows have given up the ground to feed up high on the fresh 
green seeds in Elm Trees. While White-crowned Sparrows have left the brambles 
and rose hedges and are foraging on the flowers and fresh foliage of Henbit 
and Chickweed.

The subtle beauty of the low expansive carpeting of Henbit, Bluets, Chickweed 
and Spring Beauty speaks softly of spring but soon Marsh Buttercup will tower 
over these in the fields and announce the coming transition to summer and 
hot, bright composites. Each wave of warblers will do the same with color as 
Black and White Warblers give way to Black-throated Green and then on to 
Blackburnian as the season progresses.

After searching all week in all my old regular locations but coming up empty 
handed, I finally found 2 Upland Sandpipers in a field near the Hatchie 
Bottoms in Tipton Co., TN.


Good Birding!!!

Jeff R. Wilson
OL' COOT / TLBA
Bartlett Tenn.


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