Greetings from the Charlotte Park area of West Nashville (Davidson County) just a few blocks east of the Cleece's Ferry boat ramp which is on the Cumberland River. Only moments ago, I looked out on my deck to find an adorable blue-grey gnatcatcher flitting around the cosmos in my container garden. It went all through those plants, then came really close at the basil plants, then across the deck to part of the grape vine and, from there, over to the althea bush just off the deck. It then flew to the hackberry tree behind the deck, and, just now, came back to inspect the cosmos again. The tiny little thing has really put on a lively show for me for the past 15 minutes and has been within six feet of me several times. There have also been a couple of r-t hummers here today. Cheers & prayers, Dee Thompson Nashville, 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 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ========================================================