[TN-Bird] Beaman Park Nashville

Beaman Park
Northwest Nashville-Davidson County
Open since March, this has become one of my favorite places to bird in the 
Nashville area. You have to be up for some walking (complete route is over 6 
miles), but the trails aren't that tough. If you regularly bird Nashville, but 
are tired of the usual places, visit Beaman Park.

What amazes me is the large numbers of certain species that one continues to 
hear and see(!) over and over. The most numerous today:

Worm eating warblers - 7 including a chick tended by two adults
Kentucky warblers- 5
yellow billed cuckoos- 4
scarlet tanagers- 8 incl great looks at a female
wood thrush- 4
summer tanager- 5

Sibley describes the Worm eating warbler as "uncommon". He has not been to 
Beaman! This warbler is present in numbers that astound me. The habitat is 
perfect for them-- steep forested banks leading down to the stream. Today I got 
good looks at a recently-fledged chick. No visible tail, and huge head and bill 
out of proportion to the rest of the body pursued by doting parents.

For over ten minutes I watched yellow-billed cuckoo behavior I was unaware of. 
Continuously calling, the bird cocked its tail up like a mockingbird, spread 
it's wings showing off its rufous flight feathers as it flitted from branch to 
branch.

All the other late spring usuals are there as well, and you are never without 
the song of a scarlet tanager for more than a few minutes as you walk the 
trails.

Kevin Bowden
Nashville, TN








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