no picture ..... if you intended to put one there... ken

ken, you have to click on the thin little bar lines. Three pics.
I have not a clue what it is, but I see a similar problem on bur oaks around here, possibly the same thing, or maybe something different.

The pictures show fine.

Several years after a drought in Georgia I had a white oak and an adjacent red oak leaf out and then just up and die in the middle of the season.

If you want it evaluated for a specific disease, I'd suggest taking some samples to someone local - an arborist, an university resource (we have a university extension service in GA, for example).

You might want to contact your Tennessee Urban Forestry Council for some assistance. Jennifer Smith is the Executive Director for Tennessee, and she will be able to tell you if TUFC has a volunteer expert program. Since you are in Nashville, I wouldn't be surprised if she would be able to set you up with a visitation from someone.

Here is a link that might be useful: Click here to find Jennifer's email

Thanx, I'm going to have to look into it.

As for the pictures, I loaded them up in IE and you're right, just three blue lines. Hmm.. The html used is standard xhtml compliant code, but I never thought to check it against IE (big firefox fan since they honor the w3 specs much more accurately)

But yea, if you click on any of the blue bars they'll each take you to the image directly. Need to figure out what part of it is making IE puke though...