Greetings, For the past two COLD days, I have had an invasion of starlings stripping every hackberry tree for as far in this Charlotte Park neighborhood as I can see. They also gather in unbelievably large groups on the ground with one group totally covering an area of at least 100 feet in diameter in a neighbor's yard and another making a circle of about 50 feet in diameter encompassing some of my back yard and another neighbor's. More birds just keep flying in somewhat reminiscent of the old Alfred Hitchcock movie THE BIRDS. A few grackles are mixed in the bunch, but I have not been able to ferret out anything else. It is almost eerie when they are all flying up because the neighborhood dogs keep giving chase. When the dogs go back into their homes, the birds swarm back. Cheers & prayers, Dee Thompson Nashville, TN (Charlotte Pike a few blocks east of Cleece's old ferry ramp.) =================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 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ========================================================