Hi folks, Back to work for a couple weeks, so my sightings are random luck... Tremont Walker Valley Great Smoky Mountains National Park Blount County near Townsend On Wednesday I found a Vesper Sparrow. Saw it again Thursday. Didn't get a chance to look today. On Thursday several of us saw an immature female Yellow-bellied Sapsucker from the office. Both birds were seen from my boss' office window. I guess I need a promotion! Our feeders are down indefinitely, thanks to the local Ursus americanus. We pull them in at night (the feeders, not the bears) but forgot one night last week... broken pole, mauled feeder. Fortunately the bear hasn't been back, so I don't think we've created a nuisance bear. We'll wait a couple weeks then start again - and do a better job about bringing them in at night! Charlie Charlie ===== ************************************************** Charlie Muise, Senior Naturalist Great Smoky Mountains Institute at Tremont Townsend, TN lat 35 deg, 38'23" long 83 deg, 41'22" "Up, Sluggard, and waste not life; in the grave will be sleeping enough" - Ben Frankline, Poor Richard's Almanac __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Web Hosting - Let the expert host your site http://webhosting.yahoo.com =================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. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Topographical Maps located at http://topozone.com/find.asp * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society web site at http://www.tnbirds.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * TN-Bird Net Owner: Wallace Coffey, Bristol, TN jwcoffey@xxxxxxxxxx (423) 764-3958 =========================================================