Good Afternoon, Here in the Charlotte Park area of West Nashville, birding has been a bit unique again today. This morning, a lovely brown thrasher flew into one of my hackberry trees "on its way to somewhere" toward the southeast. It MAY be the first brown thrasher I have ever had here, but I cannot check. I still have not found my yard list chart which had been on my kitchen wall before the HASMAT team sanitized my house after my illness in 2006-07. Also, when the peanut butter was gone from its place outside, my Carolina wren took action by flying up to the French door where it clung to a small "pane-frame" and pecked at the glass. When I went out with more PB, it went right for it. I guess it "took lessons" from the mockingbirds who come to the door all the time to beg when the PB has run out. SIX Eurasian-collared doves are hanging around today. At least one pair have completed their mating rituals several times during the past two days. I think I have one pair, one adult loner and three offspring. I had three adults for a long time after a fourth disappeared, then all of a sudden, three more birds appeared which I took to be POSSIBLE products of a nesting. I am only speculating, however. With all the romancing that has been going on, I sort of anticipate more later this summer. They sure do scarf down the bird seed, and are here from early until about 5 PM daily. Jolly good birding to all. Dee Thompson Nashville, TN **************Gas prices getting you down? Search AOL Autos for fuel-efficient used cars. (http://autos.aol.com/used?ncid=aolaut00050000000007) =================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBER===================== The TN-Bird Net requires you to SIGN YOUR MESSAGE with first and last name, CITY (TOWN) and state abbreviation. You are also required to list the COUNTY in which the birds you report were seen. The actual DATE OF OBSERVATION should appear in the first paragraph. _____________________________________________________________ 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. ______________________________________________________________ TN-Bird Net is owned by the Tennessee Ornithological Society Neither the society(TOS) nor its moderator(s) endorse the views or opinions expressed by the members of this discussion group. Moderator: Wallace Coffey, Bristol, TN wallace@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ------------------------------ Assistant Moderator Andy Jones Cleveland, OH ------------------------------- Assistant Moderator Dave Worley Rosedale, VA __________________________________________________________ Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society web site at http://www.tnbirds.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ARCHIVES TN-Bird Net Archives at //www.freelists.org/archives/tn-bird/ MAP RESOURCES Tenn.Counties Map at http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/states/tennessee3.gif Aerial photos to complement google maps http://local.live.com _____________________________________________________________