[TN-Bird] Long Hunter State Park

On Monday, May 22, I took my grandson to Long Hunter State Park's Couchville 
Lake, off Hobson Pike Near Mt. Juliet, TN, Southeastern Davidson County.  This 
area has had Large Numbers of Prothonotary Warblers and I was not disappointed. 
 I could hear them singing everywhere and got some excellent photos from only 3 
feet away from one.  It kept following me around almost as though it wanted its 
picture taken all the time approaching within about 3 feet of me.  There were 
numerous Summer Tanagers, Yellow-Billed Cuckoos, and Red-Eyed Vireos in 
evidence.  I observed one female; Summer Tanager calling with a mouth full of 
nesting materials.  Here is the list of all the birds seen that day:

American Crow   5
Barn Swallow    20
Black Vulture   1
Blue Jay        5
Brown-headed Cowbird    10
Carolina Chickadee      30
Carolina Wren   5
Common Grackle  5
Downy Woodpecker        2
Eastern Bluebird        2
European Starling       10
House Finch     5
Indigo Bunting  6
Northern Cardinal       5
Pileated Woodpecker     1 Calling Near Percy Priest Lake
Prothonotary Warbler    3
Purple Martin   40-50
Red-bellied Woodpecker  5
Red-eyed Vireo  5-6 Singing
Summer Tanager  5- One female carrying nesting material and calling
Tufted Titmouse 20
Yellow-billed Cuckoo    5 or 6 calling

Number of Species: 22

This park definitely needs more attention payed to it by the birding community.

Nat Winston III
Hermitage, TN
Davidson County

thornius@xxxxxxxxxxxxx

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