[TN-Bird] Another species returns from the winter

Yesterday the symphony of birds in the yard added an Eastern Wood-Pewee to 
the ensemble. Does anyone else ever wish the Northern Mockingbird would take 
a rest every once in awhile and let the other birds get a chance to "play" so 
they can be heard as well? ;-)

Any ways to truly squirrel-proof a feeder? I have heard that nothing really 
ever works completely.

Another question - Do Blue Grosbeaks visit feeders at all? According to the 
TN Breeding Bird Book, our area of Rutherford County has this species. I've 
been here several years and have never seen one but would like to.

Terry Witt gave me a tip last year about another bird in this area, 
Loggerhead Shrike. I've also never seen one of those. There is a church not 
far from here and the shrikes were frequenting a field next to the church. 
But somebody mowed down the tall grass and I think Terry told me that 
probably made it difficult for the shrikes to hunt the mice that lived there 
or they mowed the grass and the mice left? Something like that - at any rate 
he indicated there was a direct correlation between the mowing down of the 
tall grass and the subsequent absence of shrikes at that location. I tried a 
few times after his tip but never saw any shrikes. I DID hear Eurasian 
Collared-Doves in the area however. In the neighborhood next to the church.

Barry Jernigan
Murfreesboro, TN
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