Date:         Sat, 6 May 2006 12:30:33 -0400
Reply-To:     DeeAnne Meliopoulos <deeanne.mel@GMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Georgia Birders Online <GABO-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
From:         DeeAnne Meliopoulos <deeanne.mel@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Yard Birds 4-6-06

Today I was very excited to find a singing male AMERICAN REDSTART flitting
around through the trees in my yard. It's a yard first and also the first
adult male Redstart I've seen this season.

There is also a small flock (about 20-30 birds) of CEDAR WAXWINGS
lingering in my yard; they seem to be enticed by the wild cherry tree.

I was surprised to see a GRAY CATBIRD- I hadn't been hearing any meows but
he launched into song after I saw him.

And last but not least, I caught a snatch of thrush song coming from the
woods behind the creek (though 'woods' and 'creek' are really grandiose
terms in this case, the woods is only a small strip between my yard and
the hideous condominiums behind it, and the creek is equally tiny and is
fed by a nasty sewage pipe). At first I thought I was being fooled by the
fluty note that is sometimes at the end of an American Robin's song, but I
went closer and found myself listening to a HERMIT THRUSH! I've noticed
one wintering in the yard for the past couple of years but I've never
heard him singing before.

-DeeAnne Meliopoulos
Atlanta, GA

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