Over the weekend the Harpeth River in Bellevue on the southwest side of Nashville overflowed its banks once again. Since my house is on a manmade bluff only 100 yards or so from the river I had a front row seat. In the 6 years I have lived in Bellevue, I found that the river floods at least a couple times each year, but this is the highest flood level that I have seen on the river. Indeed, the closing of flooded Old Harding Road, just a half mile from where I live, made the evening news. The flooding Harpeth River produced a bumper crop of sparrows and blackbirds at our feeders. On Sunday afternoon, I looked out my front window and saw a blackbird with a yellow eye. I quickly picked up my binoculars and found myself staring at a BREWER'S BLACKBIRD, a new bird to add to my slowly increasing yard list. Frank Fekel Tennessee State University Center of Excellence in Information Systems 330 10th Avenue North Nashville, TN 37203 USA =================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 =========================================================