On any given day while walking our ten month old daughter on Rippy Ridge Rd, I have at least three of the following unless otherwise noted this past week: Occasional Wild Turkey Broad-winged Hawk Red-tailed Hawk Ruby thr Hummingbird Downy Woodpecker Pileated Woodpecker Carolina Chickadee White-breasted Nuthatch American Robin Yellow-throated Vireo Ornage-crowned Warbler (possible) Black & White Warbler Indigo Bunting-one day (1)- new arrival COMMON & Noted ALMOST EVERYDAY Red-bellied Woodpecker Eastern Phoebe Blue Jay American Crow Tufted Titmouse Carolina Wren Eastern Bluebird Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Brown Thrasher (1) Red-eyed Vireo White-eyed Vireo Blue-winged Warbler No Parula Prairie Warbler Kentucky Warbler Hooded Warbler Ovenbird (one- two different days) Common Yellowthroat Yellow-breasted Chat Eastern Towhee Chipping Sparrow White-throated Sparrow Field Sparrow (2) Common Grackle Red-bellied Woodpecker (1- in very same spot- possible nester) Cowbird American Goldfinch Scarlet Tanager (2) Summer Tanager (2- several days) NEW FEEDER BIRDS: Rose-breasted Grosbeaks (2 males) Indigo Buntings (5 males) Other Notes: Juncos left week of April 16th Still have White-throated Sparrows but fewer in number Blue-winged Warblers have numbered as many as four on some days...often perch in view IF I left the binoculars at home (I have decided to be superstitious & do this practice often...it seems if I leave the glasses at home I will see birds OR see no birds & have glasses) Pair of Mockingbirds now at suet feeder Rose-breasted eating suet too Ruby Throated Hummers have returned (recall false "first date" here because I slow in getting out the food) Melissa Turrentine Normandy TN Bedford Co =================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 _____________________________________________________________