I know its hard to believe with the chilly air out there, but spring is upon us. Yesterday (Wed 1/27), at Moccasin Bend (Chattanooga), I heard a Towhee singing. I haven't seen the huge flock of 300+ Robins at all this week, so I'm assuming that they have moved north. Nor have I seen the appx. 150 Cedar Waxwings that were hanging around with those Robins; however, they seem to have moved up the street to my apt. Yesterday there were about 100 or so waxwings seemingly fighting over the berries in two holly trees. I was a little struck by this, because there were two more holly trees about 8 ft. away and none of birds seemed interested in those trees at all. Another first of the year, I had a Phoebe on Monday at Moccasin Bend. I haven't seen any there all winter. Purple Finch are still coming to my feeder. Between them and the goldfinch I have to refill it almost daily. Tracey Everson Chattanooga, TN Hamilton Co =================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. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Topographical Maps located at http://topozone.com/find.asp * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society web site at http://www.tnbirds.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * TN-Bird Net Owner: Wallace Coffey, Bristol, TN jwcoffey@xxxxxxxxxx (423) 764-3958 =========================================================