Hi - On a wonderful field trip up to the Cherokee Lake & Dam area yesterday, we were treated to watching both the male and female Orchard Orioles feeding two or three babies in a beautiful sack-like nest HIGH up in a pine tree. Thank goodness for spotting scopes! In the same tree, we spotted a second nest (looked like mostly pine needles) and watched it long enough to see Cedar Waxwings fly in and out!! A large nest for such small birds - it was about the size of a cantaloupe! While at Mossy Creek observation platform, a mature Bald Eagle flew in from behind us and treated us to a nice fly-by about 30 feet in front of us! Thanks to Harold Howell for leading a great field trip! Patty Ford Knoxville, TN =================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 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ========================================================