[TN-Bird] warbers, oriole

The creek yielded a few first of season birds for me today.  Baltimore oriole, 
magnolia, Canada and Hooded warblers put in first post breeding appearances  
with black and white, wormeating, and American redstarts which have been 
passing through.  Yesterday's golden-winged warbler failed to show up today 
while I had the camera ready! Other neotropicals included gray catbird, 
red-eyed vireo, indigo bunting and a host of ruby-throated humming birds.  

We have 4 hummer feeders out and it seems that there is a constant battle at 
each feeder with 3 or four birds keeping each other thirsty.  One pair of 
juveniles locked talons and went to the ground and came back up still gripping 
each other.  They buzzed off into the underbrush belly to belly.  

Total for the yard today was 31 species.

Dan Mooney
Knoxville, TN

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