[TN-Bird] A Few FOS Birds

From: "Tommy Curtis" <tcbirdwatch@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: "TN-Bird Post" <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2007 20:46:06 -0500
 Spring birds have been scarce in our yard except for the 8-10 mature males and 
a single female Ruby-throated Hummingbirds.  We did have a spectacular 
Yellow-throated Vireo in the misty rain on Saturday morning and a gorgeous 
mature male Orchard Oriole Monday morning - how can just burnt orange and black 
be so beautiful ?  Two Blue-gray Gnatcatchers have kept us entertained for 
several days as we have waited for the warbler numbers to increase.  This 
morning a couple of mature female Red-bellied Woodpeckers got our attention as 
they were fighting and flew against each other in the kind of chest bumping 
we've seen with Sumo wrestlers.  We had never seen this behavior before.  
Tuesday afternoon we found a small flock of birds about 200 yards west of the 
boat dock on Holmes Creek Road.  There were two White-eyed Vireos, an American 
Redstart male, Common Yellowthroat male, Blue-gray Gnatcatchers, a single 
Eastern Phoebe, and a Northern Parula.  Just before seeing this flock there 
were two pairs of Wood Ducks in the inlet southwest of the boat dock.  

Tommy & Virginia Curtis
Smithville, TN
DeKalb County
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