About a week ago, I had three baby cardinals leave the nest in the holly tree beside my bedroom window . Their parents have been busily poking sunflower seeds into their little beaks ever since, and the babies are catching on to finding their own food very rapidly. Five baby chickadees have just started coming with their parents, so I have beaucoups of babies feeding and cheeping away around my deck. With all the hummingbirds that have been flying through and feeding here since July 21, I have seen ONLY ONE full grown male with his ruby throat agleam! I am wondering if they all bypassed me on their way south. I love the mamas and babies, but those bejeweled males make my old heart just throb away at the sight of their splendor! Cheers, prayers & super birding, Dee Thompson Nashville, 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. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 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 =========================================================