In spite of the oppressive heat we've been seeing lots of non-feeder parent birds bringing their babies into the yard the past few days. Scarlet and Summer Tanagers, Orchard Oriole, Red-eyed and White-eyed Vireos, Barn Swallows, Cedar Waxwings, Blue-Gray Gnatcatchers, Bluebirds, Cerulean Warbler, American Redstart, and Pileated Woodpecker have all been seen with their immatures. One baby almost didn't make it yesterday - a fluffy male Ruby-throated Hummingbird. Virginia went out in the middle of the afternoon to check the feeders and came hurrying back to say a hummer was in trouble. This little fellow had come to one of our feeders that has a flat round area with 8 ports. It was in the sun and apparently he became so hot while sitting there he could not move and he was just laying down across the flat surface with a dazed look. He allowed me to pick him up and I brought him inside. A few minutes after being in the cool air and drinking some cold sugar water he was flying around the kitchen. He settled on the light fixture and allowed me to catch him again; holding a hummingbird has to be one of life's great pleasures. We took him back outside and he went to a feeder and drank some more and then flew away, evidently recovered from his overheating. We sure hope that predicted cold front arrives soon and gives these young ones some relief. We saw a male Yellow Warbler in the yard this morning and we had not seen one here for almost three months. Is this the beginning of the fall migration? Tommy & Virginia Curtis Smithville, TN DeKalb County =================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBER===================== The TN-Bird Net requires you to SIGN YOUR MESSAGE with first and last name, CITY (TOWN) and state abbreviation. You are also required to list the COUNTY in which the birds you report were seen. The actual DATE OF OBSERVATION should appear in the first paragraph. _____________________________________________________________ To post to this mailing list, simply send email to: tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx _____________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, send email to: tn-bird-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field. ______________________________________________________________ TN-Bird Net is owned by the Tennessee Ornithological Society Neither the society(TOS) nor its moderator(s) endorse the views or opinions expressed by the members of this discussion group. Moderator: Wallace Coffey, Bristol, TN wallace@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ------------------------------ Assistant Moderator Andy Jones Cleveland, OH ------------------------------- Assistant Moderator Dave Worley Rosedale, VA __________________________________________________________ Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society web site at http://www.tnbirds.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ARCHIVES TN-Bird Net Archives at //www.freelists.org/archives/tn-bird/ EXCELLENT MAP RESOURCES Topographical Maps located at http://topozone.com/find.asp Tenn.Counties Map at http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/states/tennessee3.gif Aerial photos to complement google maps http://local.live.com _____________________________________________________________