It looks like some of you, like Larry Pinson in KY, are getting Tree Swallows already, but we haven't seen one yet here on the mountain. Lynda and I were in Grundy and at Poplar Gap Park today to attend a meeting about the Coalfield Folk Life Festival, and I kept looking for Tree Swallows and other early migrants but didn't see any. On the way off the mountain this morning we did see one of the Red-shouldered Hawks that is nesting nearby. I bet the Pine Warblers and the Blue-headed Vireos are already on territory and singing in the Breaks Park. After the meeting we did get up to Keen Mountain where we have the Early White Bluebird Trail. I replaced the box and the pole that was stolen last fall. I checked the boxes and found the beginnings of nests in two of them. I still have one more pole and box to replace at the golf course here on the mountain. A bear destroyed one there last year. I also found a completed Carolina Wren nest in one of our outbuildings. No eggs yet. Roger Mayhorn ----- Original Message ----- From: LARRYPINSON To: Roger Mayhorn ; MORRIS Sent: Wednesday, March 24, 2010 1:42 PM Subject: TREE SWALLOWS I GOT TREE SWALLOWS CHECKING 2 HOUSES. FIRST SAW THEM SUNDAY. SOME FANTASTIC FLYING GOING ON. LDP