This morning, 9/25/09, in my west Knox County yard. I haven't been doing much feeder/yard birdwatching lately but this morning I slept late and spent over an hour doing just that... mostly from my back deck starting at 9 a.m. The first half hour was notably quiet and I was about to give up and go in when things got interesting. First I found the most exciting bird of the morning, a SWAINSON'S THRUSH, new yard bird #63. Next were 2 Magnolia Warblers and a Redstart foraging mostly in the wild cherry tree right next to the deck. One ruby-throated Hummingbird was patronizing the hummingbird feeder (I don't get many hummingbirds, usually just one at a time). Maybe not a migrant but unusual for the yard was a Gray Catbird... never could see it but it meowed several times. Almost forgot to mention the empid in the cherry tree. unusual for the yard. Could't see much detail but it's head looked flat; it had wing bars and seemed to be on the smallish side. Of course, it was silent. Carole Gobert, Knoxville, Knox County, TN _________________________________________________________________ Insert movie times and more without leaving Hotmail®. http://windowslive.com/Tutorial/Hotmail/QuickAdd?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_HM_Tutorial_QuickAdd_062009 =================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/ MAP RESOURCES Tenn.Counties Map at http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/states/tennessee3.gif Aerial photos to complement google maps http://local.live.com _____________________________________________________________