11/4/08 Carroll Co (Wingo Loop Rd west of McKenzie off Hwy 79) I made a quick look for the Harris's again on my way home this morning. After a couple of minutes I heard it sing, then got a couple of quick glances near the road. I had put some seed out on the edge of the road on my last visit, and while there were a number of White-crowns and Cardinals partaking of it, I never saw the Harris's feeding on it. Granted, I was only there 20-25 minutes. I finally tracked the bird down in a very heavily foliaged tree in the yard, as it sang it's heart out. I got some distant , but decent, shots with my Pentax in the tree. It would have been a perfect digiscoping setup, if I hadn't grabbed my old Coolpix which didn't have a battery in it. The bird stayed in the same spot for about 15 minutes, before a train came through and scattered everything; the tracks are less than 10 yards from this location. With better looks today than I had on the 1st day, the bird is still coming into breeding plumage. The black isn't as extensive as I 1st thought, and the crown especially still has a good bit of pale tipping yet to wear off. At any distance though, it just looks black. All of my very limited experience in KY and TN of this species, has been of young birds, so it is still definitely a treat to see a bird with a lot of black on it. I will try and check on the bird again over the weekend at some point, but I will be out of town most of next week. I have posted 3 shots from today in my spring 2008 gallery, the 1st shot starts here: http://www.pbase.com/mctodd/image/95139265 Good Birding!! Mike Todd McKenzie, TN birder1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx www.pbase.com/mctodd =================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 _____________________________________________________________