This has been a week of losing Ruby-throated Hummingbirds and seeing a variety of birds in our yard. Sunday afternoon we had large numbers of migrant hummingbirds join the 100 or so we've had all summer - we estimate a total of at least 200. But Wednesday morning after feeding most of them left and we're down to about 40-50 today. They've been replaced this week with a magnificent mature Red-headed Woodpecker Wednesday morning and this morning with 4 Rose-breasted Grosbeaks and a tawny Swainson's Thrush. In addition we've had Pine, Northern Parula, Tennessee, Magnolia, and Common Yellow-throat Warblers since Sunday along with White-eyed, Red-eyed and Yellow-throated Vireos. So far in September we've seen 11 species of warblers in the yard and think we'll exceed the total of 17 from August. But no Arctic or Crescent-chested Warblers as they're seeing in California and Arizona. Tommy & Virginia Curtis Smithville, TN DeKalb County =================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 _____________________________________________________________