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[Tarcila <tarcila@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Richard and I were there at Radnor this morning too. We took the South Cove
Trail, for the wild flower walk with two Rangers, and two Friends of Radnor.
In the woods there were Hairy, Downey and Red Bellied Woodpeckers all seen
and heard .  Several places we heard and saw Blue gray Gnatcatchers, and
Titmice. Best by far was the sighting of a Barred Owl who sat about 40 feet
away across a valley looking at us as if we were insignificant in the scheme
of things.

Birds seen and or heard were: Barn Swallow, Belted Kingfisher, Eastern
Phoebe, Carolina Chickadee, Blue Jay, Carolina Wren, Eastern Bluebird,
American Robin, Cardinal,  White Throated Sparrow, Canada Goose, and Purple
Martin.

Of course, all these were off the record because officially we were on a
'wildflower' walk.

In case you like wild flowers, currently blooming is: Dwarf Larkspur, Purple
Phacelia, Wood Poppy, Spring Beauty, Common Blue Violet, Yellow Violet,
Slender Toothwort, Cut-leaf Toothwort, Dutchman's Britches, Pussy toes,
Meadow Parsnip, Jack in the pulpit, Rue Anemone, Wood Anemone, and  of
course Dog Wood Trees.

Also seen, but not yet blooming:  Bear's-foot Sunflower, and May-Apple.

See you Wednesday, NTOS!

Tarcila Fox



----- Original Message -----
From: <JanKShaw@xxxxxxx>
To: <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, April 04, 2003 12:04 PM
Subject: [TN-Bird] Radnor Lake, Nashville


> A walk along the road and dam this morning at Radnor Lake, Nashville,
> produced 2 Louisiana Waterthrushes, one singing, and one silently bobbing
> along.  A pair of Gnatcatchers is almost finished building a nest in a
tree
> along the dam road about a third of the way down from Otter Creek Rd.  I
put
> 2 big, dead pieces of bark on the ground next to the wall where the tree
is
> if anybody from here wants to locate it.  Two Canada Geese chased another
> goose off of a nest with eggs by flying right at it.  It eventually came
back
> to the nest.  One of the nesting geese looks like a hybrid Canada/Greater
> White-fronted Goose.  There were 4 Banded Water Snakes below the spillway,
> and 4 more along the bank by the road.  And one Red-headed Woodpecker
along
> the trail at the east end was reported to me.
>
> Lots of goings on out there.
>
> Jan Shaw
> Nashville, TN
>
>
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