Aug. 28, 2002 Black Bayou Lake Co. TN I was at Black Bayou this morning by 7:30 and back in Memphis by 10:30. It just happens that my nerve damaged hearing allows me to hear the Bell's Vireo from a pretty good distance where I can't hear some warblers even if you were to stick one in my ear. The Bell's started singing after I had been searching for about 45 minutes. I finally located it working in the tree line about 150 yards north of the levee mentioned in Mike's post. The tree line is mainly Oak not Autumn Olive, which had thrown me off in my search, since the few Olive Trees that you can see did not jive with the directions. We talked about this very place and the secessional habitat earlier this year as being perfect for this species. I have been watching and listening at similar habitat in a couple of places by no luck. These birds (I only saw and heard one) could very well have bred here because no one ever gets very far from the levees and the habitat is extensive. Next year!! The bird was working in a very small area and finally perched up just long enough for me to get some portrait shots at about 100 feet. Once it left this perch it quit singing and I grinned all the way back to Memphis. I've seen this species only 4 times in TN, once in May and 3 times in September and this is the first time I have been able to photographed it in TN. If interested I'll share the photos if you drop me a line. It is a feisty little thing. Thanks Mike for a great little bird............ Good Birding!!! Jeff R. Wilson OL' COOT / TLBA Bartlett Tenn. =================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 =========================================================