[TN-Bird] Beaman Park & Bell's Bend

Despite the weather, I spent this morning at two Metro Parks here in 
Nashville (Davidson Co.).  From 7:15 AM to 9:30 AM I worked the Henry 
Hollow Loop at Beaman Park.  From 10:00 AM to noon, I birded the main 
loop at Bell's Bend Park.

For the morning, I found 79 species without really trying.  I was 
surprised when I tallied things up and noticed that I'd found 21 species 
of warbler.

The most interesting thing (to me anyway) was an apparent Blue-winged 
Warbler singing an atypical song.  I heard it singing "bee-bee-buzz" and 
had to track it down; I was truly expecting a hybrid, but phenotypically 
it seemed to be a normal Blue-wing.  I suspect, though, that it has some 
Golden-wing in it somewhere.

Beaman was loaded with woodland species per usual.  I cannot imagine a 
better place for seeing Worm-eating Warblers and Scarlet Tanagers, among 
others; I had repeated great looks at both without any special effort.  
On the other hand, Bell's Band was loaded with grassland and early 
successional species, although the trees along the river had a decent 
number of warblers.

Here are other highlights (by location)

Beaman Park
3 Yellow-throated Vireos
11 Red-eyed Vireos
1 Nashville Warbler
2 Northern Parulas
15 Yellow-rumped "Myrtle" Warblers
1 Black-throated Green Warbler
2 Yellow-throated Warblers
1 Blackburnian Warbler
19 "Western" Palm Warblers
2 Black-and-White Warblers
1 American Redstart
8 Worm-eating Warblers
3 Ovenbirds
4 Louisiana Waterthrushes
12 Kentucky Warblers
1 Hooded Warbler
18 Scarlet Tanagers
8 Summer Tanagers
4 Rose-breasted Grosbeaks

Bell's Bend
1 Broad-winged Hawk
3 Gray Catbirds
1 Blue-winged Warbler
2 Nashville Warblers
1 Northern Parula
2 Yellow Warblers
1 Chestnut-sided Warbler
9 Prairie Warblers
14 "Western" Palm Warblers
3 Prothonotary Warblers
lots of Common Yellowthroats
13 Yellow-breasted Chats
1 Savannah Sparrow
1 White-throated Sparrow
14 Orchard Orioles

--
Chris Sloan
Nashville, TN

My photos:  http://csloan.smugmug.com

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