At dinner at my in-laws today (June 26, 2007), my father-in-law who has just started watching birds at his feeders told me about a bird he saw on Monday (June 25). He said the bird had a yellow head and neck was black had white in the wings and was as big as a crow. He said it was with some other birds he called blackbirds. I asked him how yellow the head was. He said it was as yellow as a goldfinch a common bird at his feeder. When I showed him a photograph of a yellow-headed blackbird he immediately said that was the bird. Since he is not very experienced at birds, I don't think him saying that the bird was as big as a crow should discredit his sighting. Size is not an easy thing to decipher and he did not know many birds to compare size with. He said he watched the bird feeding for about 5 minutes at his feeder. I drove around the town of Norris after eating but did not see any blackbirds. He was not able to watch the feeders much today. The bird was seen at the Chestnut Commons apartments near the AmSouth bank in the town of Norris. I didn't ask if I could give the apartment number so I won't give it here. He will be watching his feeders tomorrow. I told him to get a photograph of it if it comes back. I won't be able to look for it until Thursday. I will write if it does come back. There are a few farms in the area towards Clinton and Andersonville. Eagle Bend Fish Hatchery is not too far from here. It may be worth checking these areas out. A good bird for someone that just started watching birds about a month ago. Allan Trently Norris, TN ajtcorax@xxxxxxxxxxx _________________________________________________________________ Like puzzles? Play free games & earn great prizes. Play Clink now. http://club.live.com/clink.aspx?icid=clink_hotmailtextlink2 =================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 _____________________________________________________________