FWIW, I had 2 Purple Finches at our feeder in Knoxville on 27 Nov (as reported to TN-Bird), but none since. 1 reported so far along with 1 Red-breasted Nuthatch (also scarce this year) for the Knoxville CBC on 4 Jan (the tally for which, BTW, is now at 104 species with the newly received report of a Common Loon by Patty Ford and Eddy Whitson). Dean Edwards Knoxville, TN On Tue, 7 Jan 2014, Carole Gobert wrote: > I have plenty of House Finches and historically only have an occasional > Purple Finch, none so far this winter. My missing bird this winter is > the Song Sparrow. I have one or two year round but the last one I saw > in the yard (at least going by my eBird submissions) was November 2. I > miss the little guy. > > Carole Gobert, Knoxville > =================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@xxxxxxxxxxxxx. _____________________________________________________________ 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 -------------------------------- Assistant Moderator Chris O'Bryan Clemson, SC __________________________________________________________ Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society web site at http://www.tnbirds.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ARCHIVES TN-Bird Net Archives at //www.freelists.org/archives/tn-bird/ MAP RESOURCES Tenn.Counties Map at http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/states/tennessee3.gif Aerial photos to complement google maps http://local.live.com _____________________________________________________________