After all the recent rainy days in SE Tennessee, it was good
to get out today for a couple of hours of mid-afternoon birding around home in
Birchwood (Hamilton County). The highlight was a yellow-bellied flycatcher, a
life bird for me! Other good birds noted were a female scarlet tanager, and I
heard a brown-headed nuthatch. The only warbler species seen was the Tennessee
warbler.
Charles MurrayBirchwood, TN
