Maryville, Blount County 4/13/09 filling a couple of our backyard feeders this afternoon I heard the familiar chirp of a hummingbird. Turning around I saw a small male Ruby-throated Hummingbird. Today's Backyard bird list: Observation date: 4/13/09 Number of species: 25 Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1 Red-bellied Woodpecker 1 Downy Woodpecker 1 Blue Jay 6 American Crow 5 Carolina Chickadee 1 Tufted Titmouse 1 White-breasted Nuthatch 1 Carolina Wren 1 Eastern Bluebird 2 American Robin 4 Northern Mockingbird 2 Brown Thrasher 1 European Starling 2 Eastern Towhee 1 Chipping Sparrow 1 Lincoln's Sparrow 1 White-throated Sparrow 7 Dark-eyed Junco 1 Northern Cardinal 8 Red-winged Blackbird 2 Eastern Meadowlark 1 Common Grackle 9 House Finch 2 American Goldfinch 2 Bob Howdeshell Maryville, Tennessee =================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/ MAP RESOURCES Tenn.Counties Map at http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/states/tennessee3.gif Aerial photos to complement google maps http://local.live.com _____________________________________________________________