Greetings from about four blocks east of the old Cleece's Ferry Landing in Charlotte Park, West Nashville. Just now, I have two female cowbirds and one male grackle feeding on my deck among the mourning doves, juncos and cardinals. There are literally hundreds of starlings and robins in my yard and the yards of my neighbors. Even on this cold and intermittently snowy day, thousands and thousands of birds seem to be moving through. Dropped by the old Cleece's Ferry boat ramp on my way home from a meeting this morning, and the river is up on the road to within about ten to twelve feet of the turn-in to the parking lot. Bet by tonight, a car won't be able to use the lot. Wonder if that will hamper some of the folks who seem to "live" in their cars and trucks in that lot? The water is up to within about four feet of the pavement in the lot. I have never know that lot to flood in 25 years (Feb. 14 is my 25th anniversary as a transplanted Nashvillian from Florida) of life in Charlotte Park, so, if it does, it will be some kind of record, I think. Earlier today, the Cooper's hawks, both adults and "Immy," were cruising around over all these yards looking at the smorgasbord of birds in the yards below. Since I had to leave for my meeting, I wasn't here to see any possible carnage. Dee Thompson 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 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ========================================================