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Radnor Lake State Natural Area
Davidson Co.
Nashville, TN
Wednesday 2007 October 10

07:00-09:30am
clear, crisp

This morning Phillip Casteel and I formed the advanced party 
for the Nashville TOS Chapter's latest Wednesday walk.  Going
from the west parking lot to Long Bridge and back, we found 
that most birds were along the water's edge and in the 
sunshine.  As noted yesterday by Jan Shaw, the recent cold 
front brought a new mix of birds through the area.  
YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERs now dominate (50+), but to our 
surprise, there was a major movement of "GREENs," short for 
BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLERs, with 15+ found on our modest 
walk.  A major influx of WHITE-THROATED SPARROWs was noted,
as well as a continuing migration of N. FLICKERs.  We had
8 species of warblers with MAGNOLIAs still in abundance 
but now relegated to second place in numbers.  There were
15 PIED BILLED GREBEs on the lake but Jan Shaw's GREAT
EGRETs of yesterday morning had left.  A pair of SHARP-SHINNED
HAWKs gave us a brief display.
  
Eventually, we met Richard Connors, who had an OVENBIRD on 
Ganier Ridge, and later the major NTOS Wednesday walk group 
caught up to us, and we exchanged some information.  Also found 
on the walk were 1 RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH, my first of the fall
BROWN CREEPER, a WOOD THRUSH and a SWAMP SPARROW and BARN 
SWALLOW.  ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAKs are still calling in numbers.

  
-- 
Frank Fekel
Tennessee State University
Center of Excellence in Information Systems
3500 John A. Merritt Boulevard
Box 9501
Nashville, TN 37209 USA

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