Saw my first RT Hummer of the season a few minutes ago. He was putting on his "U" shaped come-on display over one of my apple trees. This is the first time I have ever seen one of these impressive acrobatics being performed I hope he had an admirer other than me, namely a pretty female RT.. I would have missed it except that I was watching a Red-winged Blackbird putting on his own territorial display over the small stock pond beyond the tree. He was high in the air and circling the pond with his epaulettes all ablaze. This morning, he was flying from bush to bush around the pond and putting on a really gorgeous display. His epaulettes looked like they were 3 inches across and blazing red hot. With a display like that, Red-wings don't need to have a pretty song to set up their territories. Again, watch for the Periodic Cicadas which will come out of the ground this spring. Jesse Livingston Troy, 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. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 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 =========================================================