A week ago today, a cold front moved in behind the rain and the dogwood in my yard was suddenly filled with hungry robins eating berries . Along with them I found first-of-season Cedar waxwings, two male yellow-bellied sapsuckers, a hermit thrush, two female and one male flicker (one female with a broken upper bill but she seemed to be foraging okay). Beside having fun taking up-close photos in the morning light, this Red-bellied Woodpecker gave me some images of at least one way he swallows his berries. I was impressed! _http://vickiehenderson.blogspot.com/2009/11/impressed-with-red-bellied-wood peckers.html_ (http://vickiehenderson.blogspot.com/2009/11/impressed-with-red-bellied-woodpeckers.html) Vickie Henderson South Knoxville, TN Vickie _www.vickiehenderson.blogspot.com_ (http://www.vickiehenderson.blogspot.com/) =================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 _____________________________________________________________