TN-birders sure know how to come through! Thanks to all of you who sent my chipmunk post back to me while I was running errands and getting lunch! To answer one question as to whether I had gotten a hundred or so yet--well, not quite, but close! Y'all are a fine bunch, and thanks for making it possible for me to do a little short-lived bragging to my high school chum and her husband. Wonder if I should admit to them that the chipmunk hasn't returned? Maybe chipmunks at my house are like cicaedas--one every seventeen years! When I returned from errands and alighted clumsily from my car, I heard the flicker give its kuk-kuk-kuk-kuk-........call from the dead ash tree at the edge of the drive. I looked up there to see it diligently hacking a hole in the trunk about 25 feet up. I watched for about ten minutes before slipping inside the basement door to come upstairs. It would kuk-kuk, then peck at the hole it was creating, then kuk again and peck some more. That pattern continued with the bird kukking again just as I closed the downstairs door. By the time I had put some groceries into the downstairs refrigerator and got upstairs, the bird had departed--probably to visit with the other flicker that had been answering from somewhere in the back yard. When I walked out on my deck, I could get past the side where the entrance to the "new" hole is, and it looks as if the bird has gotten a good start. These flickers have been "messing around" in the neighborhood for a month or more, and I wonder if they have just now decided to make a home or if they have had a "failed" nesting already. Hopefully, the electric transformer I have mentioned in past posts is just their "meeting place" for their courtship. The pair that used it as a nesting site some years back turned out "extra crispy" after a lightening storm knocked the power out shorting the transformer! Now, let's all go find a fine bird for today. Thanks again. Dee Thompson Nashville, TN =================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBER===================== The TN-Bird Net requires you to sign your messages with first and last name, city (town) and state abbreviation. ----------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------- 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 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ========================================================