12/26/05 Covington, TN Tipton Co. Thanks to everyone for getting the word out on this stunner, I decided to pass up on sleeping yesterday and meet Jeff at the home of the very gracious Kunkels. As Jeff said, we had great looks at the bird. The bird spent a lot of time in heavy cover yesterday, seeming to prefer the cedar trees in Keith's yard. We only had the bird at the feeder just before dark, after arriving at 3:00 PM. This bird is very easy to overlook as it sits motionless in these cedars, often in the interior of the trees. This bird will no doubt continue to draw a crowd, lets hope it's found its winter vacation spot, and this would seem to be the case. I have posted a few decent shots of the bird in a new gallery on my webpage. To view go here: http://www.pbase.com/mctodd/tn_goldencrowned_sparrow Double-clicking any thumbnail will enlarge the photo, and then you can just navigate with the previous and next tabs. Good Birding!! Mike Todd McKenzie, TN birder1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx www.pbase.com/mctodd =================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBER===================== The TN-Bird Net requires you to sign your messages with first and last name, city (town) and state abbreviation. You are also required to list the count 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 _____________________________________________________________ Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society web site at http://www.tnbirds.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Topographical Maps located at http://topozone.com/find.asp _____________________________________________________________