From my deck this morning, west Knox County, Tenn., four Eastern Towhees under the feeders. Three immatures, one male adult. I find the immatures fascinating, watching how they gradually morph into adult plumage. One, a male near-adult, still has a brown head but black back, wings, tail and breast, bright rufous sides; he?s stunning. Another young male is still mostly brown with black showing through in places, pale rufous at sides, streaked throat & breast. The third I think is a female, mostly just brown, perhaps the youngest. The adult was feeding her but would dart at the older imm. males, chasing them from his preferred feeding spot under the feeder. Female cardinal still feeding a juvenile. And a dingy looking Song Sparrow with a short tail. Saw one in the path at Turkey Creek Wetland (west Knox County) on Labor Day following the rains with hardly any tail at all. The one today under the feeder had a full tail, just a really short one. Carole Gobert, Knoxville, Knox County, 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 _____________________________________________________________