This past weekend I've had a pair of Eastern Bluebirds checking out my nestbox and hanging out at a tube feeder. It's pretty unusual to have a bluebird on the tube feeder though I did have a female eat a few seeds from it once or twice last spring. I've got a new mix in this feeder that they've been eating from which may explain why they're suddenly attracted to it... a nut and fruit mixture. Maybe they like the fruit. Saturday I also saw the first grackle in my yard since fall. It was on a feeder eating sunflower seeds. Carole Gobert Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee =================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBER===================== The TN-Bird Net requires you to sign your messages with first and last name, city (town) and state abbreviation. ----------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------- 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 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society web site at http://www.tnbirds.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Topographical Maps located at http://topozone.com/find.asp * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ========================================================