A possible sign of spring, early Saturday morning (~4am) I was awaken by the horrendous screeching and squealing of young Great Horned Owls from the woods behind our house in west Knoxville. The previous night, I had walked out into the woods at sunset hoping to spot the parent owls as they became active. Missed the owls but did hear a displaying American Woodcock overhead for the second time this month (the first was during the Knoxville CBC). Sunday afternoon, I took the laptop over to the window so I could look out while finishing up the compilation of the aforementioned Knoxville CBC (more on that later). Managed a modest 24 species out the window including 3 warblers: Yellow-rumped, Pine and Palm. My moth vigil has slowed down a bit but there are still a few out on warm nights this time of year. After getting my first Fall Cankerworm Moth (Alsophila pometaria) on 29 Dec, four days later on 2 Jan I spotted the first Spring Cankerworm Moth (Paleacrita vernata). This month I've also had Green Cloverworm Moth (Plathypena scabra) and a rusty colored critter I've yet to get a good look at but which is probably a Straight-edged Sallow or one of its close relatives. I've only been doing this for about 8-9 months but have already found (and identified) right around 150 species in the yard with pictures of another 20-30 or so species that I haven't been able to identify yet. Dean Edwards Knoxville, 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. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 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 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society web site at http://www.tnbirds.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Topographical Maps located at http://topozone.com/find.asp * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ========================================================