It was a banner day for birds in my yard in nw Shelby County. I turned a sprinkler hose on a branch of a maple tree that overhangs the waterfall to the birds' great enjoyment. Yard birds today: Great Blue Heron - 2 Turkey Vulture - 1 Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 3 Belted Kingfisher - 1 Willow Flycatcher - 1 (first for yard) Downy Woodpecker - 1 Pileated Woodpecker - 1 E Wood-pewee - 1 Blue Jay - 1 Carolina Chickadee - 4 Tufted Titmouse - 8 White-breasted Nuthatch - 1 Carolina Wren - 1 E Bluebird - 3 N Mockingbird - 1 Philadelphia Vireo - 4 N Parula - 4 Black-and-white Warbler - 2 Black-throated Green Warbler - 2 Golden-winged Warbler - 1 Magnolia Warbler - 1 Pine Warbler - 1 Tennessee Warbler - 8 Yellow-throated Warbler - 1 Summer Tanager - 8 Indigo Bunting - 3 N Cardinal - 4 Blue Grosbeak - 1 Rose-breasted Grosbeak - 2 A special treat was when the Royal Canadian Air Force's Snowbirds precision jet flying team (performing at the Millington Regional Airport) roared over at treetop level, scaring the bejezus out of a loafing Turkey Vulture. Van Harris Millington, TN =================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBER===================== The TN-Bird Net requires you to SIGN YOUR MESSAGE with first and last name, CITY (TOWN) and state abbreviation. You are also required to list the COUNTY 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 ------------------------------ Assistant Moderator Andy Jones Cleveland, OH ------------------------------- Assistant Moderator Dave Worley Rosedale, VA __________________________________________________________ Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society web site at http://www.tnbirds.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ARCHIVES TN-Bird Net Archives at //www.freelists.org/archives/tn-bird/ EXCELLENT MAP RESOURCES Topographical Maps located at http://topozone.com/find.asp Tenn.Counties Map at http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/states/tennessee3.gif Aerial photos to complement google maps http://local.live.com _____________________________________________________________