Radnor Lake State Natural Area Nashville-Davidson County, TN Wednesday 15 April 2009 Twenty birders gathered this morning at Radnor Lake State Natural Area for the first of the weekly Wednesday morning walks for Spring 2009. In spite of overcast skies and temperatures hovering in the mid to upper 40's, we observed 36 species, including good looks at a Yellow-throated Warbler and a Blue-gray Gnatcatcher already on a nest. Here's the list: Canada Goose Wood Duck Mallard Blue-winged Teal Wild Turkey Pied-billed Grebe Turkey Vulture Spotted Sandpiper Chimney Swift Red-bellied Woodpecker Downy Woodpecker Pileated Woodpecker Eastern Phoebe Yellow-throated Vireo Blue Jay Tree Swallow Northern Rough-winged Swallow Barn Swallow Carolina Chickadee Tufted Titmouse Carolina Wren Ruby-crowned Kinglet Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Eastern Bluebird Cedar Waxwing Blue-winged Warbler (heard clearly, but not seen) Yellow-rumped Warbler Black-throated Green Warbler Yellow-throated Warbler Louisiana Waterthrush Eastern Towhee White-throated Sparrow Northern Cardinal Red-winged Blackbird Brown-headed Cowbird American Goldfinch All are welcome to join us next week, Wednesday 22 April at 7:30am in the West Parking Lot at the Visitors' Center Radnor Lake State Natural Area in Nashville. Kevin Bowden Nashville, TN =================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBER===================== The TN-Bird Net requires you to SIGN YOUR MESSAGE with first and last name, CITY (TOWN) and state abbreviation. You are also required to list the COUNTY in which the birds you report were seen. The actual DATE OF OBSERVATION should appear in the first paragraph. _____________________________________________________________ To post to this mailing list, simply send email to: tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx _____________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, send email to: tn-bird-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field. ______________________________________________________________ TN-Bird Net is owned by the Tennessee Ornithological Society Neither the society(TOS) nor its moderator(s) endorse the views or opinions expressed by the members of this discussion group. Moderator: Wallace Coffey, Bristol, TN wallace@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ------------------------------ Assistant Moderator Andy Jones Cleveland, OH ------------------------------- Assistant Moderator Dave Worley Rosedale, VA __________________________________________________________ Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society web site at http://www.tnbirds.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ARCHIVES TN-Bird Net Archives at //www.freelists.org/archives/tn-bird/ MAP RESOURCES Tenn.Counties Map at http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/states/tennessee3.gif Aerial photos to complement google maps http://local.live.com _____________________________________________________________