[TN-Bird] NTOS Wednesday Morning Walk Radnor Lake Results

Radnor Lake State Natural Area
Nashville-Davidson Co. TN

29 April 2009

 

The rain held off the entire morning in the Nashville area for the NTOS
Wednesday morning group to make it around the lake. The group started off
small, got large, and then finished up small again. We totaled 61 species,
including 14 warbler species. Right off the bat in the parking lot we had
two male CAPE MAY WARBLERS that were reasonably cooperative. As soon as we
got up the road, passing the resident LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSH at the creek, we
spied an OPSPREY circling above the lake. Another notable flyover were
roughly a dozen DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANTS moving high overhead. Most of the
group also got good looks at a BLUE-WINGED WARBLER, from the bridge over the
spillway. Two HAIRY WOODPECKERS fussed at each other as they climbed up a
tree trunk. And along the road several PROTHONOTARY WARBLERS put on good
shows for us, not to be outdone by several adult WOOD DUCKS followed by
their tiny ducklings.

 

Here's the list of species observed:

 

Canada Goose

Wood Duck

Mallard

Double-crested Cormorant

Great Blue Heron

Turkey Vulture

Osprey

Red-tailed Hawk

American Coot

Spotted Sandpiper

Yellow-billed Cuckoo

Barred Owl

Chimney Swift

Ruby-throated Hummingbird

Belted Kingfisher

Red-bellied Woodpecker

Downy Woodpecker

Hairy Woodpecker

Pileated Woodpecker

Eastern Phoebe

Great-crested Flycatcher

White-eyed Vireo

Yellow-throated Vireo

Red-eyed Vireo

Blue Jay

American Crow

Northern Rough-winged Swallow

Barn Swallow

Carolina Chickadee

Tufted Titmouse

White-breasted Nuthatch

Carolina Wren

Ruby-crowned Kinglet

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher

Swainson's Thrush

Wood Thrush

Gray Catbird

Cedar Waxwing

Blue-winged Warbler

Tennessee Warbler

Nashville Warbler

Northern Parula

Chestnut-sided Warbler

Cape May Warbler

Yellow-rumped Warbler

Yellow-throated Warbler

Palm Warbler

Blackpoll Warbler

Prothonotary Warbler

Louisiana Waterthrush

Kentucky Warbler

Yellow-breasted Chat

Summer Tanager

Scarlet Tanager

White-throated Sparrow

Northern Cardinal

Rose-breasted Grosbeak

Indigo Bunting

Brown-headed Cowbird

Baltimore Oriole

American Goldfinch

 

 

Our next scheduled walk will be next Wednesday May 6 at 7:30am. We meet in
the West Parking Lot. This date is normally around the peak of spring
migration in the Nashville area. All are welcome to join us. And as a
reminder, Radnor Lake will figure as a field trip both Saturday and Sunday
at the TOS Spring Meeting to be held in Nashville.

 

Kevin Bowden

Nashville, TN

 

 

 

ethden@xxxxxxxxx

 



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