Spent a couple hours before church on Sunday birding the yard again. With the rain gone and the sun finally out, the birds were very active and practically glowing in the sunlight. May have been a bit less variety but good numbers of individuals, a few new birds for the year and near deafening singing made for the most enjoyable of the recent days. I pulled out a digital recorder to try and record some of the song... hope it turns out half-way decent though obviously not meant for this purpose. So far this morning things were much quieter but still a few hanging around. West Knox Co., 1 May 2005 -------------------------- RED-HEADED WOODPECKER, 1 adult -- back today (2 May) at the feeder E Wood-Pewee, 2 LEAST FLYCATCHER, 1, probable, not heard but extremely short primary extension, didn't get to see the eye though EASTERN KINGBIRD, 2 Red-eyed Vireo, 4+ Swainson's Thrush, at least one during the day, several nocturnal migrants heard calling overhead Sat night/Sun morning after midnight Wood Thrush, 2+ Gray Catbird, 2 Yellow Warbler, at least 2 (1m, 1f) -- again 2 May Chestnut-sided Warbler, at least 3 singing males Cape May Warbler, 1 gorgeous male -- again 2 May "Myrtle" Yellow-rumped Warbler, handful Black-throated Green Warbler, at least 1 singing male Blackburnian Warbler, at least 1 male YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER, 1... oddly, the first of the year Blackpoll Warbler, at least 4!! CERULEAN WARBLER, 1 gorgeous singing male Black-and-white Warbler American Redstart, 1 singing 1st-year male Hooded Warbler SUMMER TANAGER, at least 1 m Sunday -- 1 f Monday Scarlet Tanager Rose-breasted Grosbeak, 2-3 Baltimore Oriole, 2 goregeous males Pine Siskin, 7-8 -- a couple still around 2 May 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 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ========================================================