[TN-Bird] Hummers, a thrush and Y.B. sap in Nashville

Greetings Birders,
 
After a stellar array of hummingbirds here in the Charlotte Park area of West 
Nashville since July, I think mine have all flown South.  Last Saturday and 
Sunday were great days with lots of them at the feeder.  On Monday and Tuesday, 
I had ONE female do a quick-feed late in the afternoon, and, on Wednesday, I 
had one do the quick-feed early in the morning.  I saw none on Thursday or 
Friday.  So far, there have been none this morning.  I'll leave my feeder up 
for 
any late migrating stragglers and any wandering winter species.
 
Early this morning, I opened the door to let my poodles out onto the deck and 
heard repeated call notes of a thrush in the shrubbery at the side of my 
yard.  I am reasonably sure it was a hermit thrush, but my old ears are not as 
keen on thrush tonality as they once were, so I will not trust myself to call 
it 
by species for certain.  I had not had my coffee, so had not gotten my 
equalibrium "alive" enough to trust going down the stairs to the yard to check 
it.  
Ah, the frustrations of getting older and less physically agile!!!!!!!!
 
The rest of my yard birds are feeding as usual.  I had one newly fledged baby 
mockingbird being brought for peanut butter last week, and the cardinals are 
still bringing one last baby "black-bill" every day.  Both species have always 
nested early spring all the way into fall here.  Maybe the constant source of 
food at Dee's "Smorgabird" entices them to nest nearby for what seems to be 
an extended period of time here.  My six Eurasian-collared doves seem to have 
pretty much taken up residence, but they are still VERY SKITTISH.  The 
slightest movement by me at my computer inside sends them back into the trees 
in a 
flurry of a hurry!
 
Almost forgot....yesterday morning, a female yellow-bellied sapsucker flew 
across Brook Hollow near Fleetwood in West Meade and lit on a small sapling 
just 
at the street's edge.  She started climbing up the trunk which offered me a 
great look from the car.
 
Enjoy your birding, Folks!
 
Dee Thompson
Nashville, TN


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