Sunday, May 4, west Knox County. I was hearing what sounded like two Blackpoll Warblers (yard bird 58) and had gone into my back yard to investigate just before 10 a.m. when I heard the whistle of a Broad Winged Hawk (YB 59). Looked up and sure enough, there was the hawk flying toward the other side of the house. I hurried to the front yard and saw two Broad Wings (wide white tail band). I also started hearing a Red-Shouldered Hawk (YB 60), which made sense because I'd gotten on a hawk with obvious wing windows near the tips (momentarily confusing me). I then realize the scope of the incredible scene in the sky. There are 6 large birds. To the west is the Red-Shouldered being dive bombed by a Crow. To the east are two hawks (the Broad Wings) also being harassed by a couple of Crows. My attention divided, I concentrated mostly on the closer group (the Red-Shouldered) but they all rather quickly to my way of thinking flew out of sight. As for the wrens, the Carolina Wrens fledged from the nest on my garage shelf Friday; when I arrived home Friday evening there were young Carolina Wrens (at least 3) flying frantically around my garage, bumping into walls, hopping back and forth on the window ledges, landing on the furnace, flying into the rafters, etc. and two worried parents making a racket. I wasn't home much on Saturday but on Sunday the young wrens periodically returned to the garage, making high pitched chipping noises (begging?). Now most every time I go out my door (which opens into the garage) I set off a wren alarm. As if that wasn't enough excitement for one day (when I didn't go birding), just before 8 p.m. I was bleaching the mildew from my back deck when I spotted a male Rose-Breasted Grosbeak on the sunflower seed feeder. He fed at length a couple times and then could be heard gently warbling from the nearby thicket. No sign of him this morning but I didn't have much time to look. I didn't get any Rose-Breasted Grosbeaks last spring when everyone was seeing them at their feeders. Had 4 in 2005 that stayed several days. Carole Gobert, Knoxville, Knox County, TN _________________________________________________________________ Get Free (PRODUCT) RED? Emoticons, Winks and Display Pics. http://joinred.spaces.live.com?ocid=TXT_HMTG_prodredemoticons_052008 =================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/ MAP RESOURCES Tenn.Counties Map at http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/states/tennessee3.gif Aerial photos to complement google maps http://local.live.com _____________________________________________________________