[TN-Bird] Mourning Warbler, Eagle Lake Refuge, Shelby County

From: kings4birds@xxxxxxx
To: tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Sat, 25 Sep 2010 20:03:26 -0400
At 8:00 today Sep. 25 I saw a MOURNING WARBLER at the Eagle Lake Refuge, near 
Shelby Forest State Park in west Shelby County. I saw it in thickets between 
the bluff and the gravel road, half way from the parking lot with the 
observation tower to the first "Dip" sign down that road. There were numerous 
Gray Catbirds, several White-eyed Vireos, and many Indigo Buntings around, plus 
dueting Red-shouldered Hawks and trilling Carolina Wrens there. I heard one 
Acadian Flycatcher, saw several American Crows and a handful of cardinals. 
 
At Poplar Tree Lake in Shelby Forest, 11:00 a.m., I saw a small feeding flock 
with a Kentucky Warbler, Carolina Chickadees, a Yellow-throated Vireo, and a 
Northern Parula. White-eyed Vireos, cardinals, and Tufted Titmouse were in the 
same area, plus Red-headeds and a Downy Woodpecker. I heard an Acadian 
Flycatcher here, too, and more crows.
 
On the way out from there, down the one-way road behind the ranger's house, I 
saw an Acadian Flycatcher, and just then another small feeding flock moved 
through, with a stunning male GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER, two or three Tennessee 
Warblers, and a male American Redstart. A Downy Woodpecker seemed to imitate 
the redstart, hanging, with tail spread out and wings fluttering, on a clump of 
dried leaves, gleaning from it. More Carolina Chickadees, Tufted Titmouse, 
White-eyed Vireos here, plus one Pileated and two Red-bellied Woodpeckers heard.
 
Fun Birding!
 
Gail King
Memphis, TN 
 
  






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[TN-Bird] Mourning Warbler, Eagle Lake Refuge, Shelby County

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