Tracey and I had at least 2 Palm Warblers flitting around our south Blount County yard on Monday, October 10. We also had at least 2 White-crowned Sparrows and (finally!) a Magnolia Warbler in the yard. This is the first "maggie" I've seen this fall. I thought they were avoiding me or something. A Great-horned Owl was calling within a few hundred yards of the house this morning. All weekend the bird of the day at Tremont (Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Blount County) was Scarlett Tanager. At one point the Dogwood Tree (Cornus florida) outside our office had 9 Scarlett Tanagers, a Grat Catbird and a Rose-breasted Grosbeak in it. I did see a lone Summer Tanager in it on Saturday. Charlie ******************************************************************* Charlie Muise, Naturalist in Great Smoky Mountains National Park "To the dull mind all nature is leaden. To the illuminated mind the whole world sparkles with light." - Ralph Waldo Emerson __________________________________ Yahoo! Music Unlimited Access over 1 million songs. Try it free. http://music.yahoo.com/unlimited/ =================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBER===================== The TN-Bird Net requires you to sign your messages with first and last name, city (town) and state abbreviation. You are also required to list the count 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 _____________________________________________________________ Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society web site at http://www.tnbirds.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Topographical Maps located at http://topozone.com/find.asp _____________________________________________________________