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Welcome to Tennessee and to Radnor Lake, Scott!
 
Ed Gleaves
Nashville, TN
(Just over the hill from Radnor Lake)
 
 
 
 
 
In a message dated 4/5/2006 11:22:19 A.M. Central Standard Time,  
ssomershoe2001@xxxxxxxxx writes:
I  decided to check out Radnor Lake in Nashville as it is close to work and I 
 hadn't been there yet.  Beautiful morning and I had some spring firsts,  
well firsts for me anyway.  I wasn't sure where to park or go, but I  parked at 
the lot on the east side and followed another birder who practically  ran down 
the road towards the lake when I got there about 6:40am.   Anyway, I walked 
along the trail about 3/4 of the way to the north end of the  lake and turned 
around.  Lots of Blue-gray Gnatcatchers (30+), 2  Yellow-thr warblers, 1 
Louisiana waterthrush, 2 Black-thr green warblers, 2  parulas, 1 Yellow-thr 
vireo, 3 
Blue winged teal, 3 winter wrens, 2 Blue-headed  vireo (always nice to hear), 
and a pair of barred owls working the parking  lot.  very tame.  More 
yellow-rumpeds and goldfinches then I could  shake a stick at!  Saw one 
lingering 
hermit thrush and the weirdest  sapsucker.  The sapsucker had no red on it, but 
it 
also didn't have any  brown feathers like juveniles do through the
fall.  The head was salt  and peppery where it should have been red (or white 
under the bill in  females).  The streaks of white running behind the eye 
were there, as was  the streak of white running from the base of the bill and 
around the  cheek.  The entire body was black and white without the yellow 
tinge 
to  the breast.  It was a sapsucker for sure, but was missing characteristics  
I always see.  Wish I had a camera with me.  It was  cooperative.

I was surprised/disappointed at how little understory  there is out there.  
Some spots have some shrubbery, but most appears  devoid of woody understory.  
Little habitat for a large group of birds  (and herps, etc).

Good birding,
Scott

State Ornithologist  
Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency
P.O. Box 40747
Nashville, TN  37204
615-781-6653 (o)
615-781-6654 (fax)

"Keeping the rubber  side down" - S.G.S. 
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