Fellow Birders, I had a diverse group of 38 species of birds in my yard today, everything from Bay-breasted to Sapsucker. The foggy morning started out rather slowly except for a flock of CEDAR WAXWINGS along with SWAINSON'S and WOOD THRUSHES feeding on wild grapes and Virginia Creeper berries. The Swainson's gave their short one note call as they fed. As the fog lifted I noticed a GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH among them. They were later joined by a solitary SCARLET TANAGER. The action began to pick up when I saw a female BLACKBURNIAN and a TN WARBLER in the cherry tree just outside of the kitchen window. Moments later they were joined by a single PALM WARBLER. A couple of ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAKS could be heard near the edge of the woods, though I never saw them. The first NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD since last spring began singing from the top of the apple tree in the front yard. A pair of BAY-BREASTED WARBLERS chased each other around the yard, and they were later joined by another male. A male COMMON YELLOWTHROAT was working the Goldenrod at the edge of the field as a PILEATED WOODPECKER called from deep in the woods. NORTHERN FLICKERS were chasing each other off a tall dead tree at the edge of the field. A male RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER stopped by briefly. Later in the afternoon I was a bit surprised to see my first YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER of the season as it hammered on a thick wild grapevine. I realized the bird was a juvenile, when I could find no red on it at all, and the black on it was just a shadow of what it will later become. I had a bit of a start when four Gray Squirrels that were bending down branches in the tops of the Chestnut trees nearly dropped Chestnut burrs on my head. It was a nice day to be outside. Enjoy the birds, Roger Mayhorn Grundy, VA Buchanan County Bird Club ************************************************* 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-****