FreeLists / tn-bird / [TN-Bird] The North Reserve of Warner Parks

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On Thursday, October 4, I led a pair of  birders (Irene Perry, late of 
California, and Hillary Higginbotham) on  a morning bird walk in the western 
track 
of the Warner Parks' North Reserve,  which is currently owned by the Friends of 
Warner Parks.  The two  non-contiguous tracks comprising the North Reserve 
cover a total of 111 acres of  wooded hills and open meadows, reflecting their 
history as small farms and  pasturelands.   The two small ponds, which normally 
attract quite a  few birds and amphibians, were totally dry as our 
record-breaking drought seems  to have no end.
 
In the two years or so that the North Reserve has  been open to groups from 
the Warner Parks, 95 species of birds have been  identified within its bounds.  
Yesterday, birds  were plentiful on a warm and cloudy morning, more in number 
of individuals than  species.  The flickers and bluebirds were especially 
evident and fun to  watch.  The irrepressible Carolina Wrens were the only 
singers.  The  Black Vultures that normally hang around the area were nowhere 
to be  
seen.
 
Here they are:
 
Cooper's Hawk-1
Mourning Dove--15
Chimney Swift--12
Red-bellied Woodpecker--1
Downy Woodpecker--1
Northern Flicker--11
Pileated Woodpecker--4
Eastern Wood-Pewee--1
Blue Jay--20
American Crow--9
Carolina Chickadee--5
Tufted Titmouse--3
White-breasted Nuthatch--3
Carolina Wren--16
Eastern Bluebird--20
Swainson's Thrush--2
Wood Thrush--1
American Robin--45
Gray Catbird--3
Northern Mockingbird--14
Brown Thrasher--3
Cedar Waxwing--1
European Starling--60
Magnolia Warbler--1
Black-throated Green Warbler--1
Summer Tanager--3
Eastern Towhee--10
Field Sparrow--1
Northern Cardinal--12
Rose-breasted Grosbeak--4
House Finch--25
American Goldfinch--4
 
 
Ed Gleaves
Nashville, TN
 
 


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