FOTS YELLOW-BELLIED-SAPSUCKER and RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET in the yard today. Don't the kinglets ride in on the backs of sapsuckers?? Earlier than last year. The PINE WARBLERS have been hitting the suet feeder - something they normally do in the coldest months of winter. Maybe it's going to be a cold winter ...

Warblers: the hophornbeam trees are hanging with them today. Lots of TENNESSEE WARBLERS and MAGNOLIA WARBLERS as usual. A few CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLERS (none with chestnut) and one male AMERICAN REDSTART. COMMON YELLOWTHROATS have been almost daily but not today.

A bright yellow female HOODED WARBLER arrived late yesterday and has posed for photos several times - acting almost tame. My shot of a female Hooded last Fall has been one of my most popular photos on flickr. But I can't seem to get a decent shot this year! She hops from ground to fence to cow gate, and looks at me as if to say - haven't you got it YET?

After a hundred throw-away shots of Magnolias showing yellow blurs with stripes, I've finally posted a Magnolia Warbler below. A recent Common Yellowthroat and Brown-headed Nuthatch are there as well as an autumn Black Racer, damsels and others:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/vickisnature/

Vicki & Harry DeLoach Bradshaw Farm / Cherokee Co.

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