[TN-Bird] Re: Rose-breasted Grosbeaks
- From: "Robert" <robert543@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 2 May 2007 10:58:43 -0500
VanHarris wrote :
> As of today, (5/2/07) not a single Rose-breasted Grosbeak has
> appeared in my yard in nw Shelby County. I am probably the
> only person in the entire state able to make that statement.
I can make that statement. None yet. But we have six Yellow Rumped
Warblers in our pinetrees.
My grapevines are bouncing back after the late freeze. Last year they
attracted birds like the Cedar Waxwing and the Carolina Chickadee.
This year I have listed the Eastern Spotted Cucumber Beetle and the
Grape Berry Moth.
Death and dying is natural, but are dogs ? The neighbor's dog behind us
carried off the just fledged baby American Robin. Every other bird in the
neighbor was screaming bloody murder as the little one was taken away
and executed by Bruno the Boxer.
Some deaths come with more mystery. I have found two cadavers in my
birdbath. These were blind and featherless chicks. We can't figure out
whether they were brought to the birdbath and then drowned ? Or did they
die in the nest and were disposed of in the birdbath ? Were they West Nile
Virus patients ? And then, why would another bird foul the collective water
supply by placing corpses in the water ? Twice. It is to me a mystery.
Robert Fowler
Memphis TN
Shelby 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
_____________________________________________________________
Other related posts:
