[TN-Bird] spring birds, new bug book

From: K Dean EDWARDS <kde@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: Tennessee Birds <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2005 11:07:18 -0400 (EDT)
Finally returned from 2 weeks in lovely Detroit and was able
to get a few spring birds around the yard (Knox Co.).  At least
42 species since Saturday including a few holdovers (sapsucker,
junco) and a few new arrivals.  Only 3 warblers so far -- Myrtle,
Black-throated Green and Hooded -- and a couple of Red-eyed Vireos.
Filled the hummer feeder Monday night and had a male Ruby-throat
by lunch on Tuesday.  One new yard bird, #127 and the one that
was the most ridiculously overdue -- Red-winged Blackbird -- go
figure.  A Broad-winged Hawk is back at its usual spot along
Hardin Valley Road near Westbridge Industrial Park.


For those of you that like looking at more than birds, I
picked up a new book while in Detroit (I could only look at
so many House Sparrows), A Field Guide to Grasshoppers,
Crickets and Katydids of the United States from Cornell
Univ. Press.  Pictures, maps and descriptions for about 1/3
of the species in the US and Canada.  Also has sonograms
for the species that sing.  I've already used it to ID a
Hook-faced Conehead (a large, brown katydid) that I found
sitting and singing on the fence the other night as well
as an American Bird Grasshopper (about 3 in long) that I
had photographed last year.  A good companion website is
http://buzz.ifas.ufl.edu/index.htm
which has photos, maps and sound recordings for the singing
species.


Dean Edwards
Knoxville, TN


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