We had a surprisingly good July week number of birds in our yard. Highest count of the week was 44 species today. We've really enjoyed the parent birds bringing their babies for us to see: Yellow-breasted Chat, White-eyed Vireo, Blue-Gray Gnatcatchers, Eastern Wood PeeWee, Orchard Orioles, and Red-tailed Hawk have all made appearances. But the baby highlight of the week was the Pileated Woodpecker baby so young his little (relative term compared to his parents) head was pink rather than red. It was so ugly it was cute. Other Warblers seen were a Cerulean female, Common Yellowthroat male, and two American Redstart females. In addition we saw: Red-eyed Vireo, an immature Great-creasted Flycatcher, a Summer Tanager male, Cedar Waxwings, a male Scarlet Tanager and finally a Wood Thrush viewed after hearing them for days. Ruby-throated Hummingbird have continued to empty 8 feeders daily. Although we've not seen many we think are babies, numbers seem to be increasing, so either they are sneaking in or they matured during the two weeks we were in Tucson. Tommy and Virginia Curtis Smithville, TN DeKalb County =================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 _____________________________________________________________