[TN-Bird] July Yard Birds

From: "Tommy Curtis" <tcbirdwatch@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: "TN-Bird Post" <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 31 Jul 2010 12:13:57 -0500
The rain this morning limited our bird watching from the deck but July has been 
a very good month in our yard.  We had 13 species of warblers - Blue-winged, 
Hooded, Kentucky, Worm-eating, American Redstart, Northern Parula, Cerulean, 
Yellow-throated, Common Yellowthroat, Louisiana Waterthrush, Yellow-breasted 
Chat, Yellow, and Black and White - and most of them were males in eye popping 
color with all of them giving us great looks.  And, of course, there were other 
warblers but we could not get the kind of look at them to make a positive 
identification.  White-eyed and Red-eyed Vireos have been seen almost daily and 
one morning were joined by a Yellow-throated.  A Black-billed and two 
Yellow-billed Cuckoos have been heard and seen almost every day and this is the 
first time in nine years we've seen all three of them at the same time.  
Apparently we finally have breeding Hairy Woodpeckers in the area as the male 
attacked the trim on one of our buildings for several days early in the month 
and the female has been showing up in the wild cherry tree during the last days 
of the month.  Orchard Orioles, Summer and Scarlet Tanagers were seen every day 
along with many of their babies.  Ruby-throated Hummingbird numbers continue to 
amaze us as we have limited our feeders to three rather than the six we have 
been putting out for several years.  In spite of this and losing our neighbors 
across the street who maintained two feeders also,  we see 25-30 at the three 
feeders at almost any moment.  It must have been a very good breeding year for 
these delightful little beauties.  
Tommy & Virginia Curtis
Smithville, TN
DeKalb County  
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