Willie came for his first quick sip of sugar water at 6:44 a.m. today. We have light rain and temperatures in the 50's this morning. If this little fellow has any deductive reasoning at all, he must be even more lost than he was when he flew east instead of south late in November. Last week at this time the temperature was down in the single digits and logic would have caused him to believe he was really far north. Now if he has a thinking process that allows reasoning he must think he is much further south. Maybe we should hang a map beside the feeder with a "you are here" marked on it for him. If you did not get to see him yet for your 2004 list, you are welcome to come today. And if you want to begin the list for 2005 with the most easily seen beautiful male Rufous Hummingbird east of the Mississippi River, you can come tomorrow. Tommy & Virginia Curtis Smithville, TN DeKalb County =================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBER===================== The TN-Bird Net requires you to sign your messages with first and last name, city (town) and state abbreviation. ----------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------- 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 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society web site at http://www.tnbirds.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Topographical Maps located at http://topozone.com/find.asp * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ========================================================