[TN-Bird] NTOS Field Trip Hill Property
- From: "Kevin & Candice" <ethden@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 16 Oct 2010 16:40:18 -0500
Friends of Warner Park's "Hill Property"
Nashville-Davidson Co. TN
Saturday 16 October 2010
The Nashville Chapter of TOS walked and birded this newly acquired 324 acre
property that's home to an old-growth forest of trees more than two centuries
old. The weather could not have been better for this outing. The rolling
grass-covered hills at the base of the ridge that contains the big trees
provided good light and good viewing for the 15 birders that participated in
this morning's walk. One highlight included four RED-TAILED HAWKS-- one flew in
and perched in a nearby tree as we were gathering, another flew through the
forest near the huge red maple that may be one of the oldest in the state and
two more were soaring in the clear blue sky as we headed back to the parking
area. Eight TOWHEES were virtually all in two side-by side trees in the field
leading up to the old-growth forest. It was hard to keep track of them as they
flew back and forth, calling. An accipiter flew overhead. Consensus is that we
saw a SHARPED-SHINNED HAWK.
NTOS would like to thank Melissa Donahue , Ed Gleaves of the Warner Park
Nature Center for leading this walk. It was a special treat to visit an area
normally not open to the public.
Number of species: 33
Canada Goose 8
Mallard 3
Wild Turkey 1
Black Vulture 1
Sharp-shinned Hawk 1
Red-tailed Hawk 4
Mourning Dove 2
Belted Kingfisher 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 5
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1
Downy Woodpecker 3
Northern Flicker 5
Pileated Woodpecker 2
Blue Jay 9
American Crow 1
Carolina Chickadee 6
Tufted Titmouse 8
White-breasted Nuthatch 6
Carolina Wren 7
Eastern Bluebird 3
Swainson's Thrush 1
American Robin 19
Northern Mockingbird 4
European Starling 19
Eastern Towhee 8
Field Sparrow 2
Song Sparrow 1
White-throated Sparrow 2
Northern Cardinal 8
Indigo Bunting 1
Common Grackle 20
House Finch 4
American Goldfinch 7
Kevin Bowden
Linda Kelly
Nashville, TN
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