FreeLists / tn-bird / [TN-Bird] Nashville Spring Count preliminary results

[jankshaw@xxxxxxx]

The Nashville count, scheduled for May 3, was postponed until May 4 due to 
stormy predictions.? A few groups couldn't go out on the 4th, so went ahead and 
birded on the 3rd.? So this year our count?was compiled from two days.? Not all 
results are in yet, but so far we have 161 species, our best total since 2004 
and 1999, due in large part to?birding after the?storm, a cold front passing 
through, and counting a week earlier than usual.
Chris Sloan and Terry Witt already posted?some of their highlights, so I'll 
just add a few more here.??

We had?12 shorebird species, excellent results for the Nashville Area.? Most of 
these were at Gallatin Steam Plant?and in Cheatham Co.,?including 7 Willets.

Six Red-headed Woodpeckers were seen, most of them on Moran Rd. in Williamson 
Co.? This is a declining species in our area.

All expected vireos and swallows were seen, including 2 Bank Swallows?at Percy 
Priest Lake.

One Marsh Wren at Cheatham Co.

We recorded 33 warbler species, including 1 Swainson's at Shelby Bottoms, 1 
Connecticut at Cheatham Co., 1 Mourning at Radnor Lake.

Savannah, Grasshopper, Swamp, and White-crowned sparrows were among our 9 
species of sparrows.

Bobolinks were enjoyed?on three different routes, Old Hickory Lake, Del Rio Pk. 
in Williamson Co., and Pasquo Rd. in Davidson Co.

Fifteen Pine Siskins were still coming to a feeder just over the hill from 
Radnor Lake.

Thank you?to all who participated.? It was a great two days of birding!? I'll 
post all numbers as soon as I get them.

Jan Shaw
Nashville, TN??


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