No folks, it's not a water ouzel (dipper)! Yesterday, I noticed that the wind or something had blown or knocked my birds' water dish off onto the deck depositing it upside down. I thought I'd get out to fix it in a minute, but decided it was more urgent when the dish started moving across the deck in a walking motion. I KNEW the dish wasn't doing the walking, so I went to investigate. Thinking it to be one of my vociferous squirrels, I approached the upside-down dish a bit trepedatiously. As I got to it, it started moving again, then stopped. I saw dark tail feathers sticking out from under the edge, so I lifted the container. A very wet rock dove flew up to the deck railings all the while splattering me with water and Lord only knows what all else. I guess the dish was mostly empty from all their bathing and splashing and flipped over on this individual when it perched on the edge. I had forgotten to put the rock I use for the smaller birds to perch on back in the dish. At any rate, it caused a moment of concern then a moment of amusement. Also, thank you to Jeff Wilson for the reply about the digital camera/binocular query. It makes sense, and I kind of thought that might be the case. I have seen some bad technological combos in the past. The idea is great, but when one piece of the equipment goes, all is lost. So far, no one seems to have been able to solve that problem for most items. Dee Thompson Nashville, TN =================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. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Topographical Maps located at http://topozone.com/find.asp * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society web site at http://www.tnbirds.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * TN-Bird Net Owner: Wallace Coffey, Bristol, TN jwcoffey@xxxxxxxxxx (423) 764-3958 =========================================================