Greetings from the Charlotte Park area of West Nashville just east of the old Cleece's Ferry Boat Ramp. My house wrens are "feeding" and fussing like crazy to keep interlopers away. I just went down to refill my "inside bags" with bird seed from the big bags in the trunk of the car, and I really got "cussed out" by both parents! I cannot see any babies in the gourd, but I guess they are in under all that nesting material that fills the cavity. Baby downeys are in a hole just a few inches below the lopped off top of the dead ash tree in my parking lot out back. Once in a while, I'll see a little one peek out while the parents are away on a food gathering spree. The parents forage in nearby trees and "communicate" often keeping each other and the babies aware of their presence. The flicker and the hairy are still periodically working on their respective holes in the same tree. They may be doing a dual task in gathering food from under the bark around the holes while preparing a place for future habitation. It appears that each woodpecker has respect for the privacy of its neighbors' "apartments" in the 15--20 foot length of trunk in the same tree. I have never seen any of them approach the "domain" of another. Go get some good birds--TODAY! 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 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ========================================================