Good Morning, Just now, (7:30ish AM), Dee's "Smorgabird" in the Charlotte Park section of West Nashville hosted a glorious Eurasian collared dove, and I even got some close photos. The dove first came to feed about 15 minutes ago. I got off two photos, then a pesky squirrel arrived and "spooked" the dove. A few moments later, the dove came back down to the feeder and ate hungrily while I snapped away with my camera. It fed fast and furious for a few moments before it became nervous and flew up into the hackberry tree behind the deck. While I've been typing, it has disappeared from that perch. I do get that species once in a great while, so I keep watching. I believe a pair has nested in the neighborhood, but I haven't found the nest. I've seen as many as four together over nearer the river a block or two away and over near Rock Harbor a little less than a mile away by air.. Yesterday morning, I walked outside to replenish bird seed and heard the plaintive "pee-a-weeeee" of an eastern wood pewee. Just as it repeated itself, I looked up into the hackberry where it was perched on a "naked" branch. After a third call, it took flight toward the river. Hummingbirds are still pretty thick here including about a male a day among the numerous females and immatures. The downy woodpecker has already been to drink sugar water this morning at daylight. Chickadees, titmice and house finches drink water from the ant traps in and above the hummingbird feeder very frequently. My mockingbirds still come to my "C'mon Bossy" call when I put out peanut butter and jelly for them a couple of times a day. They begin "snarfing it down" before I can get back inside the door which is only ten feet away from their feeding spot. Just this moment, a yellow-bellied sapsucker flew onto the mid-section trunk of one of my hackberry trees. He has disappeared behind some foliage. Glad to see this fellow as I had NO y-b saps last winter. Of course, I wasn't watching much as I was ill all during December and away from home in hospitals, etc., most of January, February and March. Thank goodness that birding from my dining room can be such fun! Perhaps SOON, I can get out more! Dee Thompson Nashville, TN ************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com =================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/ EXCELLENT MAP RESOURCES Topographical Maps located at http://topozone.com/find.asp Tenn.Counties Map at http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/states/tennessee3.gif Aerial photos to complement google maps http://local.live.com _____________________________________________________________