[tn-bird] crossbills & Hummingbird
- From: "Wes Siegrist" <siegrist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 8 Apr 2002 08:14:58 -0400
We had our first ruby-throated hummingbird of the season yesterday ( a male )
and we were both excited last week to have eight red crossbills visit our tray
feeder located just outside the dining room window. Six males and two females
( that we could identify among all the Siskins) returned several times during
the period of an hour. It was overcast and about to rain but we still managed
some great video footage through the window.
We also encountered two ruffed grouse in the Park this past week. A male posed
for photos atop Rich Mountain road and a female magically appeared just six
feet from me at the Walker Sister's cabin. Both birds calmly went about their
business as I watched. I also had a blue-headed vireo and two rufous-sided
towhees on the trail to the Walker Sister's cabin ( between the school and the
cabin). Family visiting from Florida quickly became birders after the Grouse
sighting. They absolutely loved the purple finches, house finches and
white-breasted nuthatch that visited the feeder each morning during breakfast
as well as our other regulars ( bluebirds, Carolina chickadees, Carolina wrens,
goldfinches, pine Siskins, titmice, song sparrows, chipping sparrows,
red-bellied woodpeckers, downy woodpeckers, Pileated woodpeckers and Flickers
and downys). Rachelle's father even purchased a field guide and was able to
identify the rough-winged swallows at the Townsend Y. Needless to say his book
was full of marks when he left :-)
Happy Birding!
Wes & Rachelle Siegrist, Townsend, TN
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