[Mnbird] Tennessee Warbler

[Brian and Cindy Drill]

Good morning--I finally got a decent photo of the little warbler that 
has been visiting my magnolia tree the past few afternoons, and ID'd it 
as a Tennessee.  It has been fun to watch from my patio as it picks 
seeds from the tree--the magnolia seeds are orange and nearly the size 
of an M&M, and that little bird flits up to grab one from a branch tip, 
and then settles on a branch to work it back to swallow whole.  Quite a 
feat.  It will also occasionally go to the ground to retrieve a dropped 
seed.

A lone catbird has been showing up in the evenings, probably a young 
from this years nests.  The pairs that nested in the neighborhood have 
been gone for a few weeks.

We are also having fairly regular visits by a Coopers hawk. Earlier in 
the week it dropped in from practically nowhere to nab a young goldfinch 
from under the feeder, and yesterday I walked out of the house 
mid-afternoon and startled it on the ground on the patio.  I did not see 
if it had a meal that time.  The birds are not appearing to be 
frightened too badly from it and have not abandoned the feeders--I have 
been having over a dozen goldfinches and also some sparrows, chickadees, 
and mourning doves flocking to the feeders daily.  After the hawk 
dropped in the other day, they all returned to feeding within 20 
minutes.  Cindy in North Mankato


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