KAryn!  Thank you!  It's on my calendar for next year!  Hopefully  
they'll be here over the weekend!  Cricket
On May 6, 2008, at 1:12 PM, Karyn Lunde wrote:

> Hi Cricket,
> We have been keeping track of the first sounds of wood thrushes and  
> veerys in our yard in Charlotte for at least 6 years and they have  
> consistently returned around the 8th to the 12th of May.
>
> Karyn Lunde
> Charlotte, VT
>
> On May 6, 2008, at 12:31 PM, Cricket Braun wrote:
>
>>> Hello, I am knew to this list serve.  I have been scouring the  
>>> web trying to find an explanation as to why
>>> I do not hear any Veerys or Wood Thrushes in our yard this year.  We
>>> have lived in Charlotte for two years (moved here from out west)  
>>> and so I don't have a lot of
>>> data to compare to - but usually at this time of year - I thought
>>> they were back and singing.  Am I mistaken or is there something  
>>> else going on
>>> with these birds.  Thank you!  Cricket Braun, Charlotte, VT