This morning at my home in west Knox County, Tennessee I had a brief look at about 8 cedar waxwings in my wild cherry(less) tree; not sure what they were finding to eat up there; it sure wasn't cherries. A couple hours later I was in the backyard putting fresh water in the birdbath and heard a high pitched zee zee like call. Thinking it was the waxwings I searched for them in the cherry and then the cedar tree (they ARE called CEDAR waxwings after all though I've never actually seen them in a cedar tree). Finally I saw movement in the pine and realized that I had been hearing golden crowned kinglets. Give me an "F" in birdsong today. Two of the little kinglets were very near and I was amazed to see that while one of them had the standard yellow crown, the other was sporting a brilliant, in-your-face, day-glo, UT orange crown (for the Home Coming game, I guess). It was stunning and appeared twice as large as the puny yellow crowns on the other kinglets. OK, so I looked in the field guide afterwards and learned that the males can have orange crowns. So give me a "C+" for actually learning something. Carole Gobert Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee =================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBER===================== The TN-Bird Net requires you to sign your messages with first and last name, city (town) and state abbreviation. You are also required to list the count 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 _____________________________________________________________ Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society web site at http://www.tnbirds.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Topographical Maps located at http://topozone.com/find.asp _____________________________________________________________