[TN-Bird] Merlin etc. Nashville area lakes outing

Old Hickory Dam and Percy Priest Lake areas
Davidson Co. TN Nov. 18, 2006
 
Jan Shaw, Jon Mann, Susan Hollyday and Richard Connors spent most of  
Saturday scouting area lakes for evidence of winter birds. Areas  covered were 
Old 
Hickory Lake dam, and various sites on Percy Priest  Lake:  the dam, Cook, 
7Points, and Vivrett access areas, parts of Long  Hunter State Park, Couchville 
Cedar Glade SNA and Anderson Rd. recreation  area.
 
Highlight bird of the day was a male MERLIN perched in the open at  
Couchville Glade. Merlin was a target bird for the day because we were  curious 
as to 
wether the Merlin(s) would be back in their usual winter residence  at Anderson 
Rd. Rec. Area (we don't have a good documented arrival date for this  spot). 
But none were seen there between 3 & 4pm.
 
Otherwise birding was a little slow on the lakes, a beautiful day,  but loon, 
grebe, duck and gull numbers were not up to mid-winter  levels yet. On Dec. 
9th NTOS will have a field trip covering these areas  and our annual Christmas 
Lakes Count will be Jan. 1st.
 
Trip list for the day follows with some numbers a rough estimate.
 
Richard Connors
Nashville TN    
 
Canada Goose 15
Mallard   10
Bufflehead   2
Ruddy Duck  3
Common Loon  40
Pied-billed Grebe   30
Horned Grebe  25
Double-crested Cormorant 1
Great Blue  Heron  24
Black Vulture  90
Turkey Vulture  4
Accipiter  sp. 1
Red-shouldered Hawk 3
Red-tailed Hawk  6
American Kestrel  2
Merlin  1
American Coot  60
Killdeer  5
Bonaparte's  Gull  2
Ring-billed Gull    35
Herring Gull   1
Mourning Dove 2
Belted Kingfisher    6
Red-bellied  Woodpecker  2
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker  1
Northern Flicker   2
Blue Jay   20
American Crow   30
Carolina  Chickadee  8
Tufted Titmouse 4
Carolina Wren 4
Golden-crowned  Kinglet 10
Ruby-crowned Kinglet  4
Eastern Bluebird   18
American Robin    50
Northern Mockingbird   5
Brown Thrasher    2
European Starling   
Yellow-rumped Warbler 4
Eastern Towhee  5
Field  Sparrow   14
Song Sparrow   15
Swamp Sparrow   6
White-throated Sparrow   12
Dark-eyed Junco   2
Northern Cardinal     8
Red-winged  Blackbird    65
Eastern Meadowlark  10
House  Finch  2
American Goldfinch    7





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