[TN-Bird] Two exciting birds for me!

After I went to get a Sunday paper at 6:30 AM, I drove into the little park 
at the old Cleece's Ferry landing on the Charlotte Park side of the Cumberland 
River (across from Bell's Bend) to "see what I could see."  It paid off!  A 
yellow-billed cuckoo flew out of a tall tree on my right to another on my left, 
giving me a beautiful look at it with its gorgeously patterned tail.  It must 
have "irked" a yellow-breasted chat that was already there.  The chat flew 
into full view at the top of a branch and set up one heck of a "chatter."  In 
the 
five minutes I was there, it was definitely a productive Sunday morning.  
Other birds were the usual suspects including lots of common grackles and a 
singing Carolina wren.  Earlier, at the BP station at Charlotte & Hillwood, a 
red-bellied woodpecker was on a nearby utility pole loudly proclaiming its 
presence.  Right now, my bossy mockingbird is eating peanut butter on my deck, 
and 
three Eurasian collared doves are feeding on the deck floor.  A flock of blie 
jays are out back scolding something, and several cardinals are scurrying 
around 
feeding.  A towhee is under the shrubbery beside the deck feeding away, and I 
have loads of mourning doves, house sparrows and house finches.
 
Have a great birdy day.
 
Dee Thompson
Nashville, TN


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