[TN-Bird] NTOS Radnor Lake Wednesday Morning Walk

Radnor Lake State Natural Area
Nashville-Davidson County, TN
Wednesday 13 May 2009
 
 
The Mourning started in the parking lot and ended in the parking lot. No,
that's not a typo-it's a Mourning Warbler!  As we gathered in the West
Parking Lot at Radnor Lake, the Wednesday NTOS group got killer looks at a
singing MOURNING WARBLER. This bird performed for us, just to make sure
everyone got a good look at him, hopping up and singing, flying right and
then left again, remaining much of the time out in the open and at eye
level. We saw another Mourning Warbler down by the Long Bridge and then once
we had circled the lake and returned to our starting point, a few of us
heard and saw the Mourning Warbler again as he had not gotten any more
reticent about being noted.
 
For a windy, mostly cloudy day, we had a pretty fine outing with 13 warbler
species. A female BLACKPOLL WARBLER jumped about a bit at the Long Bridge
and reminded us that she, too, is heading north despite not singing. And an
adult BALD EAGLE sat perched in a dead tree across the water. 
 
Here's the breakdown on what we observed:
 
 
Number of species:     49

 


Canada Goose  
Wood Duck   


Mallard     


Great Blue Heron     


Green Heron     


Black Vulture     


Turkey Vulture     


Bald Eagle     


Red-bellied Woodpecker     


Downy Woodpecker     


Pileated Woodpecker     


Eastern Wood-Pewee     


Acadian Flycatcher     


Great Crested Flycatcher     


White-eyed Vireo     


Yellow-throated Vireo     


Philadelphia Vireo     


Red-eyed Vireo     


Blue Jay     


Northern Rough-winged Swallow     


Barn Swallow     


Carolina Chickadee     


Tufted Titmouse     


White-breasted Nuthatch     


Carolina Wren     


Blue-gray Gnatcatcher     


Gray-cheeked Thrush     


Swainson's Thrush     


American Robin     


Gray Catbird     


Tennessee Warbler     


Northern Parula     


Chestnut-sided Warbler     


Magnolia Warbler     


Black-throated Green Warbler     


Bay-breasted Warbler     


Blackpoll Warbler     


Black-and-white Warbler     


American Redstart  
Louisiana Waterthrush   


Mourning Warbler
Common Yellowthroat     


Hooded Warbler     


Summer Tanager     


Scarlet Tanager     


Northern Cardinal     


Indigo Bunting     


Brown-headed Cowbird     


American Goldfinch  
 
The last NTOS Radnor walk for Spring 2009 will take place next week, 20 May
at 7:30am. We meet in the West Parking lot at the Visitor's Center.   
 
 
Kevin Bowden
Nashville, TN


 







 

 



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