Hi Folks, It's great when you can step out of your kitchen and immediately add 2 more year birds. Even better when you can stand at your kitchen door and hear 5 warblers and one vireo singing. Newbies: Black-and-white Warbler and Northern Parula. Others: Louisiana Waterthrush, Black-throated Green and Yellow-throated. The confused meadowlark of 2 days past has moved on to other (hopefully quieter) pastures. The Pine Siskins are still here. I've never seen them in April before, despite living far north of here for several years. A lone female Purple Finch continues to hang out. American Goldfinch numbers have increased dramatically the last 3 days. For those of you (David, Audrey, Allan, Tracey) who have heard me whine incessantly about birding around here in the winter, well I guess spring in the Smokies just can't be beat! If only my beloved Chesapeake and Conowingo were a little closer in January!!! Good birding. Charlie ===== ************************************************** Charlie Muise, Senior Naturalist Great Smoky Mountains Institute at Tremont Townsend, TN lat 35 deg, 38'23" long 83 deg, 41'22" "Do something. If it works, do it again. If it does not work, do something else. But above all else: Do Something." (Franklin Delano Roosevelt) __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - online filing with TurboTax http://taxes.yahoo.com/ =================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBER===================== The TN-Bird Net requires you to sign your messages with first and last name, city (town) and state abbreviation. ----------------------------------------------------- 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. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Topographical Maps located at http://topozone.com/find.asp * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society web site at http://www.tnbirds.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * TN-Bird Net Owner: Wallace Coffey, Bristol, TN jwcoffey@xxxxxxxxxx (423) 764-3958 =========================================================