Ok, yesterday it was a Merlin. Today as I pulled out of the driveway I was startled to see a Great Blue Heron sitting on top of the neighbors' roof. I've had them here as fly-overs but not just sitting there on the roof. Maybe it was thinking of going fishing in their hottub. On Carole's Starling, E Wood-Pewee is one of the songs I frequently hear starlings imitate, but, like Carole mentioned, just the pee-o-wee, never the follow-up pee-oo. I think our starlings are about better than the mockingbirds. At least the mockers repeat everything 3-4 times in a row so you know it's them and not the real bird. Our starling's repetoire lately consists mainly of the screech call of a cowbird, the "chuck" of a grackle and the "sometimes you feel like a nut" song of an E Meadowlark along with other assorted squeeks and rattles. Very realistic and since they only give each call once, very confusing at times. 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 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ========================================================