Birding friends, I have two questions if anyone might take time to reply. First, we have pine warblers coming to our birdbath. We have a stand of pines on our property where they nest each year and are among the earliest we see in the spring, but we have not seen them before here at this time of year. I know the range maps indicate they might stay here all year, but are these likely to be ones in the Chattanooga area that do not migrate or are these likely to be ones that have come down from the North while ours have migrated further to the South. I imagine some of our birding friends will think we should know this answer, but would like opinion. Perhaps they could be ones that stay or ones that have migrated this far south. We are certain of the identification although we have literally hundreds of goldfinches one might think could be misidentified. Second, is anyone having many purple finches. Last year we had a steady flock of from l4 to 20. This year we have had two males and one female thus far. Thanks for whoever would share an answer and good birding to all. JNH =================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 _____________________________________________________________