[TN-Bird] nice day in the yard

After hearing Kevin Calhoon mention how many warblers were around today,
I decided to spend the afternoon working on the yard list.  Man, I'm
glad I did.  I had about as much fun as a birder can have in his own
yard, and without having to get up out of the lawn chair!  Many many
birds were passing through, and a number came down to drink or bathe in
the pool of water that collects in a shallow depression in the yard.  In
total, in about 3 hours, I had 52 species, including the following
migrants:

Barn Swallow
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
2 Gray Catbirds
Swainson's Thrush
2 Wood Thrushes (counter-singing)
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
White-eyed Vireo
Yellow-throated Vireo
Philadelphia Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
13 species of warblers including:
  Blue-winged
  Nashville
  2+ Yellow
  Chestnut-sided
  Magnolia
  Yellow-rumped (numerous)
  Yellow-throated
  Prairie (a female - somewhat unexpected given the wooded nature of our
yard)
  Palm (3-4 "Western" i.e. subspecies _palmarum_)
  Blackpoll (at least 2)
  Black-and-White (at least 2)
  Ovenbird
  Kentucky
Scarlet Tanager
Summer Tanager
Rose-breasted Grosbeaks (eating us out of house and home - at one point
3 males and a female were on the tray feeder at the             same
time)

Plus, a pair of Pileated Woodpeckers came noisily through, and I got to
watch the bluebird pair busily feeding their babies.  What a nice way to
spend a Saturday afternoon.  I think I'm going to start earlier
tomorrow.

Chris Sloan
Nashville, TN=20

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