This morning (Sep 12 2006) I was greeted again by an Olive-sided Flycatcher in the front yard, presumably the same one that has been around since Saturday (Sep. 9). A few minutes later, as I hiked up to our small decommissioned chert pit up the hill about 200m from our house, I heard a couple of "pips" followed by one unmistakable "whoops, three bears!" When I got to the chert pit, I found two OSFL's harassing each other in the snags surrounding the pit. One had staked out the tip of the highest snag, while the other was evidently discontented with the scraggly sourwood it was stuck with and wanted to steal the primo perch. Given the very short time between the sightings I am suspecting that these were both new birds, bringing the total up to three. The bird on the lesser snag was a dusky juvenile (as is the bird that I have been seeing since Saturday), but the one on the high perch was a strongly marked adult. The sharp contrast between his olive "vest" and the center of his breast gave an almost black-and-white impression. I say "he" because I am guessing this is the one I heard sing. Lest anyone think I have gone off my rocker and forgotten how to ID my Contopus, both of the new birds showed prominent white rump tufts, on beyond their large size, stocky build, big heads, short tails, and stout bills. Other than that, it's a quiet, drizzly morning. Bill Pulliam Hohenwald TN =================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBER===================== The TN-Bird Net requires you to SIGN YOUR MESSAGE with first and last name, CITY (TOWN) and state abbreviation. You are also required to list the COUNTY in which the birds you report were seen. The actual DATE OF OBSERVATION should appear in the first paragraph. _____________________________________________________________ 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 ------------------------------ Assistant Moderator Andy Jones Cleveland, OH ------------------------------- Assistant Moderator Dave Worley Rosedale, VA __________________________________________________________ Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society web site at http://www.tnbirds.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ARCHIVES TN-Bird Net Archives at //www.freelists.org/archives/tn-bird/ EXCELLENT MAP RESOURCES Topographical Maps located at http://topozone.com/find.asp Tenn.Counties Map at http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/states/tennessee3.gif Aerial photos to complement google maps http://local.live.com _____________________________________________________________