I don't have purple finches but the spring-like breezy weather has blown a few grackles and red-winged blackbirds into my yard. First I've seen of either species in weeks. Carole Gobert, Knoxville > From: mindyfawver@xxxxxxxxx > Subject: [TN-Bird] Purple Finches > Date: Thu, 20 Feb 2014 13:59:42 -0500 > To: tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Saw Purple Finches at my black oil sunflower seed feeder for the second time > this year and took some photos that you can see below. > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/mfawver/12660084363/in/photostream/ > > Also had hundreds of Common Grackles in my neighborhood for most of this > week. They mobbed my yard briefly and I could hear them from inside the > house. Photos below. > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/mfawver/12660418415/ > > Melinda Fawver > > Bird photography on Fine Art America > http://fineartamerica.com/profiles/melinda-fawver.html?tab=artworkgalleries&artworkgalleryid=271127======OTES > 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@xxxxxxxxxxxxx. > _____________________________________________________________ > 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 > -------------------------------- > Assistant Moderator Chris O'Bryan > Clemson, SC > __________________________________________________________ > > Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society > web site at http://www.tnbirds.org > * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * > > ARCHIVES > TN-Bird Net Archives at //www.freelists.org/archives/tn-bird/ > > MAP RESOURCES > Tenn.Counties Map at http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/states/tennessee3.gif > Aerial photos to complement google maps http://local.live.com > > _____________________________________________________________ > >