I was watering my plants this morning, which are on a low shelf below
our dining room window, when I spotted a small, nondescript bird
foraging in the oak-leaf hydrangeas. At first I thought it was a
Red-eyed Vireo, but even though the bird got within 18 inches
of me, I never saw a red eye. It had a stubby tail, and the bill was not
hooked, and it didn't stand still for more than a second or two.
Although my national Geographic field guide says that Tennessee
Warblers forage high in the trees, I am wondering if I just had
my first f2f with a Tennessee Warbler that was only a few feet off the ground?

--Pat

Pat Valdata, Elkton, MD | 
"The natural function of the wing is to soar upwards
and carry that which is heavy up to the place where dwells the race of gods.
More than any other thing that pertains to the body
it partakes of the nature of the divine." --Plato