Hello, Once again, there are three active mockingbird nests here in the Charlotte Park area of West Nashville. The one across the street has "squalling" babies in it, and a nest at a yard two doors behind me and one just down the hill beside me has a "sitting" parent Parents are feeding the babies across the street and mates are diligently hauling beaksful of peanut butter to parents on the other two nests. The peanut butter disappears FAST with all the mouths to feed. Before the wild grapes hardly turn pinkish, the catbird is making short work of them early each morning then skulks away silently to its domain in the heavy underbrush along the Interstate behind the houses that back up to it. That catbird is truly a "gray ghost" in its quiet existence except for a little "meow" once in awhile. I've only seen one, so it may have a mate nesting in it's hiding place about a block away. I say "one" because that one seems to get all the few ripening grapes before it leaves. With the huge number of green grapes on that huge vine, there'll be plenty for lots of birds at the height of the harvest season. Not one hummingbird has shown up yet, and they usually start coming here about this time. Normally, I have at least one by the time my birthday rolls around on the 20th which came last Friday. The feeder is freshly filled daily, and I just keep hoping! One came one day a couple of months ago, but it moved on to a destination unknown. Happy birding, Dee Thompson Nashville, TN ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour =================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 _____________________________________________________________