Area Birders, Spring arrivals were feeding in and around my yard today giving me a total of 29 species before 11:00 AM. One single male RUBY-THROAT was the only hummer. 5 PURPLE FINCHES were at the feeder, as well as one PINE SISKIN. A BLUE-HEADED VIREO sang at the edge of the woods, and a male SCARLET TANAGER sat for a few minutes in the top of the walnut tree in the backyard. A YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER fed in a White Pine, and a YELLOW WARBLER worked its way through the new buds of a maple tree. A female PILEATED WOODPECKER worked on a large mulbery stump on the knoll above the house. A TREE SWALLOW made a few circles overhead, and Two pairs of EASTERN BLUEBIRDS,one pair in the backyard, and one in front, eagerly gobbled up the mealworms I offered. One of the two resident BROWN THRASHERS searched under the shrubs for insects, and a couple of NORTHERN FLICKERS probed the lawn for ants or grubs. A pair of RED-BELLIED WOODPECKERS called from the top of a dead snag in the field, where they have excavated a nest cavity. For those interested a complete list follows. Enjoy the birds, Roger Mayhorn Grundy, VA 29 Species American Goldfinch 15 American Robin 5 Blue-headed Vireo 1 Blue Jay 1 Brown-headed Cowbird 1 (f) Brown Thrasher 1 Carolina Chickadee 3 Downy Woodpecker 2 (1m, 1f) Eastern Bluebird 5 ( 3m, 2f ) European Starling 1 Eastern Towhee 2 (m) House Finch 4 (2m, 2f ) Mourning Dove 1 Northern Cardinal 2 (1m, 1f ) Northern Flicker 2 Pileated Woodpecker 1 (f) Pine Siskin 1 Purple Finch 5 (2 m, 3 females/juveniles) Red-bellied Woodpecker 3 (1m, 2f ) Red-winged Blackbird 1 (m) Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1 (m) Scarlet Tanager 1 (m) Song Sparrow 3 Tree Swallow 1 Tufted Titmouse 1 White-breasted Nuthatch 1 White-throated Sparrow 2 Yellow-throated Warbler 1 Yellow Warbler 1 ************************************************* BRISTOL BIRDS NET LIST Bristol Birds Net Photo Gallery located at: http://f2.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/jwcoffeyy/album?.dir=/efd5 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. -------------------------------------------------- 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 wallace@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (423)764-****