Folks, Another good bird showed up just now, "skulking" through the grape vine that surrounds my deck in the Charlotte Park section of West Nashville, Davidson County. It was my first of the season gray catbird, and it was obviously searching for grapes. I think it found ONE! The birds have gorged on my bumper crop of grapes for several weeks, so the crop is almost totally depleted. After the catbird got its one grape, it flew out and perched on top of my grill where it posed long enough for me to get several fairly good photos through the glass of my French doors. It then flew back into the grape vine and worked its way back through all the foliage until it disappeared at the end of the deck. With no more grapes to eat, it has probably "flown and gone" by now, and I may not have another all fall/winter. I usually see about one per year, usually after the grapes are finished. There are still a few poke berries at the side of the deck, so maybe that will satisfy the catbird if it finds them. Just checked, and the catbird and a male cardinal were over there eating poke berries. The catbird went into hiding but the cardinal flew up to the deck rail and posed for photos with a poke berry in its beak allowing for a couple of very nice shots through the kitchen window. Happy birding, again. Dee Thompson Nashville, TN =================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 _____________________________________________________________