A late holiday post from Ginger Goolsby on the west end of Morristown, TN Over the holidays, when I was not working and could watch my feeders more often, I had both a red-breasted nuthatch and a white-breasted nuthatch at the same time. The red-breasted one has been visiting for a couple of weeks, but last Sunday was the first time I had seen both of them at once. The red-breasted one was feeding at a suet feeder on my deck while the white-breasted one patiently waited on a limb just above the feeder! During the weekend I also saw a male Purple Finch ? he came on Christmas Eve and again on Christmas Day. He was a little larger than the House Finches I usually get and he definitely had the darker face patch. He was my first Purple Finch of the season ? I rarely get them at my feeders so it was a real treat to see him. Hope 2005 is a good year for birding for everyone!! Ginger Goolsby Morristown, 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 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ========================================================