In a message dated 5/17/2004 7:44:04 AM Central Standard Time, OLCOOT1@xxxxxxx writes: > May 15, 2004 > West TN > All day Saturday from Lauderdale County to Lake County I was seeing flock > after flock of Cedar Waxwings streaming across the tree tops heading north. > Nancy > Moore and I had the largest flock at Champy Pocket on Reelfoot in the > afternoon with over 200 birds stopping briefly to forage in the cypress > trees. > > Did anyone else experience such a movement or was this just a Mississippi > River or a phenomenon just behind the storm front? > > > Jeff and TN-Birders, At Shelby Bottoms here in Nashville, there have been at least 400 to 500 Waxwings in the trees along the river the past few days. They show up here in large numbers each year, and stay until they strip all the berries from the Mulberry trees. Phillip Casteel Nashville, TN =================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. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 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 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society web site at http://www.tnbirds.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Topographical Maps located at http://topozone.com/find.asp * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ========================================================