Area birders, Yesterday morning I went turkey hunting on Boyd ridge. I didn't hear or see any turkeys but I did hear many songbirds. I had a yellow billed cuckoo fly in within 25 yds of me. I had vireos fly within 10 feet of my above my head. They probably couldn't see me because I had my realtree on. I've noticed that if I go birding with a turkey hunting approach, I see more birds close up. Hooded and cerulean warblers were numerous. I also had one chesnut sided warbler. Here are the birds that were seen or heard: Acadian flycatcher yellow throated warbler yellow warbler black throated green warbler cerulean warbler northern parula hooded warbler black and white warbler chesnut sided warbler american redstart indigo bunting song sparrow chipping sparrow yellow billed cuckoo yellow throated vireo blue headed vireo red eyed vireo red tailed hawk american robin american goldfinch american crow tufted titmouse brown headed cowbird grackle eastern phoebe eastern wood pewee carolina wren kentucky warbler ovenbird wood thrush blue gray gnatcatcher blue winged warbler yellow breasted chat scarlet tanager Also when I got back from boyd ridge, I went to a gaswell down the road from my house. While there I got a warbling vireo, a life bird for me. I was sitting still, in my camo, and three flew in above me. They flew within 10 to 15 feet of me at one time. I noticed that they were chasing each other fighting. They would display around to each other to try to intimidate the other. One would land in front of the other, fan their tail and make a hissing sound. Todd Perkins _________________________________________________________________ MSN 8 helps eliminate e-mail viruses. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus ************************************************* BRISTOL BIRDS NET LIST This is a regional birding list sponsored by the Bristol Bird Club to facilitate communications between birders and bird clubs of Southwest Virginia and Northeast Tennessee. It serves the Russell County Bird Club, Herndon Chapter TOS, Chapter, Blue Ridge Birders Club, Butternut Nature Club, Buchanan County Bird Club, Bristol Bird Club, Clinch Valley Bird Club and Cumberland Nature Club. -------------------------------------------------- You are subscribed to Bristol-Birds. To post to this mailing list, simply send an email to: bristol-birds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe, send an email to bristol-birds-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the one word 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field. -------------------------------------------------- Wallace Coffey, Moderator jwcoffey@xxxxxxxxxx (423)764-3958