After finding a brown headed nuthatch in our pine trees this evening, we searched further & Leigh found a beautiful male hooded warbler foraging around the pine needles in our back yard! We both got great looks with the binocs from as close as 25 ft. away, & it even fanned its tail at us. What a winter surprise! We have moved from Knoxville for a 2 yr. stint in Cleveland, & are just now able to bird the area. Fletcher Park today yielded a red breasted nuthatch among all the yellow rumps & r-c kinglets. Last week, we saw 70+ green winged teal with a few pintails at Brainard Leevee. Booker T. Washington Park allowed us great looks at Common Goldeneyes, and Hiwassee Wildlife Refuge had 1000 or better Sandhill Cranes. We have also met some nice folks down here from the Chattanooga TOS chapter. Robert & Leigh Loveday 2940 West Lake Drive Cleveland, TN __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Protect your identity with Yahoo! Mail AddressGuard http://antispam.yahoo.com/whatsnewfree =================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 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ========================================================