We just had a flock of over 50 Rusty Blackbirds and several Brown-headed Cowbirds in our yard. At the risk of ridicule, one of the cowbirds appeared to be an immature Shiny. I know they've not been seen here and the only place we've seen them is at Flamingo in the Everglades. Just as I found this bird in the flock, something scared them and they flew back toward Smithville (we live on the west side) and have not returned. We are about to leave now to search for them and would welcome assistance from anyone in the area reading this 12:41 p.m. post. We'll be in a red and silver 1997 Suzuki Sidekick. 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. You are also required to list the count 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 _____________________________________________________________ Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society web site at http://www.tnbirds.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Topographical Maps located at http://topozone.com/find.asp _____________________________________________________________