FreeLists / tn-bird / [TN-Bird] Early Orange-crowned Warbler, other migrants Davidson Co

[JanKShaw@xxxxxxx]

3-17-07
Percy Priest Lake
Davidson, Wilson and Rutherford counties
NTOS had a brisk but beautiful day for a field trip to different areas of 
Percy Priest Lake, southeast of Nashville.  A couple newcomers got a few lifers 
like Swamp Sparrow, Yellow-rumped Warbler, and Golden-crowned Kinglet.   
Several Common Loons in breeding plumage were especially enjoyed by all from 
the 
dam.  An ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER at Stones River Greenway below Percy Priest Dam 
set a new early date record for the Nashville Area.   The previous date was 
March 23, 1982.  A Winter Wren and Brown Creeper were also seen there. 

Other highlights and the firsts of the season included one OSPREY at Fall 
Creek Recreation Area, one BARN SWALLOW and several PURPLE MARTINS at Bryant 
Grove Recreation Area, and one EASTERN MEADOWLARK below the dam. 

There were also three occupied Great Blue Heron nests on an island in the 
mouth of Fall Creek, Percy Priest Lake.  And several Bonaparte's Gulls continue 
to be seen out from the Lamar Hill Recreation Area. 

The Hooded Mergansers have departed Couchville Lake, and were reported to 
have been gone for several weeks now.  But one PURPLE MARTIN was seen there 
today. 

Jan Shaw
Nashville, TN     


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