Today, Thursday, June 6, 2002, a cool, rainy morning in Nashville, Tennessee, my six-year-old grandson Brandon, who just arrived from south Texas last night, came running into our bedroom to tell us all the critters he had seen out our back door in "the jungle" (our back yard and the southern hardwood forest beyond). For the next hour, Brandon and I watched the comings and goings of the wildlife to the bird feeders and other attractions. Not a bad morning: a family of five downy and a pair of red-bellied woodpeckers; families of chickadees, titmice, and nuthatches; nesting phoebes and Carolina wrens; two ruby-throated hummingbirds; blue jays, cardinals, and towhees; crows, cowbirds, and a few grackles; two chipmunks and six squirrels; and one deer and two coyotes. All that by 8:00 a.m. Prodigal summer, indeed! And it's not even summer yet. Barbara Kingsolver, eat your heart out! Ed Gleaves 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 =========================================================