March 20&30, 2008 Signal Mountain (Sequatchie County) near Chattanooga At my feeders here on Walden Ridge, the winter birds are hanging on and the Spring Migrants come any way. Dark-eyed Junco feed shoulder to shoulder with newly arrived Chipping Sparrow Yellow-bellied Sapsucker still home-stead the suet feeder A Brown Creeper is still present Purple Finch do battle with feisty American Goldfinch for sunflower seed Red-br Nuthatch pick there moment to jet in grab a seed or peanut and vanish Pine siskin are still fattening up for their trip north A Ruby-crowned Kinglet had discovered the suet feeder, maybe from watching the Pine Warblers Despite the birds I see at my feeders, I know spring is here. A Louisiana Waterthrush is announcing his presence to all; that he had laid claim to the stretch of creek at the bottom of the holler. A Blue-gray Gnatcatcher made it presence known with its nasal call yesterday. And wife told me she saw a Blue-headed Vireo as she walked up the driveway last week. Clyde Blum =================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 _____________________________________________________________