[TN-Bird] Re: Nashville Big Day: 140 Species
- From: Chris Sloan <csloan1973@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: Ed Schneider <ed.schneider@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 9 May 2011 10:15:12 -0500
To add to Ed's post, we ended with 31 species of warblers; anytime you get
30+ warblers it's been a good day.
Also, we had a really interesting "close call" at Percy Priest. As we were
pulling into the parking lot below the dam, I noticed a high flying flock of
very large shorebirds. Unfortunately, through a series of follies, by the
time we got out and relocated them, they were flying straight away from us
and never turned around. My impression based on size, shape, and behavior
was that they were possibly American Avocets.
We also had a blackbird fly over Snow Bunting peninsula giving a call none
of us recognized and we think Brewer's was the best candidate. Oh well, no
complaints. It was one of my favorite birding days of all time.
Chris Sloan
Nashville, TN
http://www.chrissloanphotography.com
On Mon, May 9, 2011 at 10:05 AM, Ed Schneider <ed.schneider@xxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
> Scott Somershoe, Chris Sloan and myself attempted our first Big Day for
> Davidson Co., TN yesterday - 8 May, 2011.
>
> While I could certainly write a small book about our 15.5 hours and 201.5
> miles traveled during our epic day of birding,
> I'll try to keep this email as short as I can and only delve into the most
> exciting and rare highlights from the day (entire
> list below).
>
>
> Our first stop was at Long Hunter State Park, where we had quite an
> auspicious start at 4:40am: We stopped on
> Couchville Pike and heard Whip-poor-will, Chuck-will's-widow, Common
> Nighthawk, Eastern Screech-Owl, and American
> Woodcock all singing in a seemingly triumphant pre-dawn chorus! This stop
> alone was very exciting, as we weren't confident
> we'd get all three Nightjars in the County, and didn't expect Woodcock at
> all! (Chuck's was a lifer for myself, one of 2 on the day).
>
> We then hauled (gl)ass over to Snow Bunting Peninsula just upstream from
> Old Hickory Dam, arriving before dawn, and
> before the fishermen. Parking on the the spit, we got out of the vehicle
> and listened, then started scanning the Lake as twilight
> allowed. After about two dozen Ringers joined the numerous Spotted
> Sandpipers and single Greater Yellowlegs on the peninsula,
> I said "do you guys see that raptor straight out?" while looking through my
> bins. By the time we realized the bird was getting closer
> Chris said "That's a Peregrine!" and we all had to watch with our naked
> eyes, as the bird was immediately on top of us and sped by
> at 60 mph, just 100 feet away, flushing the gulls and leaving our
> smiling mugs agape....
>
> From there we drove to Radnor Lake State Natural Area, where we got a
> 7:00am start from the Nature Center parking lot. I said as
> I parked the car, "This is the spot where I had my first Mourning Warbler";
> was the first song that pierced our ears as we exited the vehicle.
> We wound up hearing 3 Mournings total on our 31 Warbler species day (24 at
> Radnor)....
> While craning our already stiffening necks to try and turn a Red-eyed
> Vireo's song into a Philadelphia, destiny afforded us a 2-3 minute
> look at an adult MISSISSIPPI KITE gliding parallel the Spillway Bridge,
> never once flapping it's wings as it disappeared over the ridge.
>
> Ok, I said I wasn't going to write a book, so here are a few more
> high/lowlights:
>
> -Scott glimpsing an OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER just before the entrance to
> Beaman park, on the winding Old Hickory Blvd at 50
> miles an hour. I quickly pulled a u-turn and we got nice looks at the bird
> high in a snag (my other lifebird on the day).
>
> -an incredible study of an ALDER FLYCATCHER singing just 25 yards away from
> the Willow Flycatcher's territory to the left of the first
> "crossroads" at Bell's Bend Park.
>
> -A mixed flock of COMMON and BLACK TERN off the upstream side of Percy
> Priest Dam, feeding amongst the flooded tents and
> buildings of Nashville Shores waterpark.
>
> -One of the most notable aspects to us all on our Big Day was the number of
> typically common birds we "missed":
> -Wild Turkey
> -Green Heron
> -Northern Flicker
> -Belted Kingfisher
> -Cedar Waxwing just to name a few....
>
> The 2012 Nashville Big Day can't come soon enough....
>
> Ed Schneider
> Whites Creek
> Davidson Co.
>
> Location: Davidson Co, TN
> Observation date: 5/8/11
> Notes: Scott Somershoe, Chris Sloan and myself attempted a Big Day for
> Davidson Co.
> Number of species: 140
>
> Canada Goose X
> Wood Duck X
> Mallard X
> Blue-winged Teal X
> Northern Bobwhite X
> Common Loon X
> Pied-billed Grebe X
> Double-crested Cormorant X
> Great Blue Heron X
> Great Egret X
> Black-crowned Night-Heron X
> Yellow-crowned Night-Heron X
> Black Vulture X
> Turkey Vulture X
> Mississippi Kite 1
> Bald Eagle X
> Red-shouldered Hawk X
> Broad-winged Hawk X
> Red-tailed Hawk (Eastern) X
> American Kestrel X
> Peregrine Falcon 1
> American Coot X
> Killdeer X
> Spotted Sandpiper X
> Solitary Sandpiper X
> Greater Yellowlegs X
> Lesser Yellowlegs X
> Least Sandpiper X
> American Woodcock X
> Ring-billed Gull X
> Herring Gull X
> Caspian Tern X
> Black Tern X
> Common Tern X
> Forster's Tern X
> Rock Pigeon X
> Mourning Dove X
> Yellow-billed Cuckoo X
> Eastern Screech-Owl X
> Barred Owl X
> Common Nighthawk X
> Chuck-will's-widow X
> Eastern Whip-poor-will X
> Chimney Swift X
> Ruby-throated Hummingbird X
> Red-bellied Woodpecker X
> Downy Woodpecker X
> Hairy Woodpecker X
> Pileated Woodpecker X
> Olive-sided Flycatcher X
> Eastern Wood-Pewee X
> Acadian Flycatcher X
> Alder Flycatcher X
> Willow Flycatcher X
> Eastern Phoebe X
> Great Crested Flycatcher X
> Eastern Kingbird X
> White-eyed Vireo X
> Yellow-throated Vireo X
> Blue-headed Vireo X
> Warbling Vireo X
> Red-eyed Vireo X
> Blue Jay X
> American Crow X
> Northern Rough-winged Swallow X
> Purple Martin X
> Tree Swallow X
> Bank Swallow X
> Barn Swallow X
> Carolina Chickadee X
> Tufted Titmouse X
> White-breasted Nuthatch X
> Carolina Wren X
> Blue-gray Gnatcatcher X
> Eastern Bluebird X
> Veery X
> Gray-cheeked Thrush X
> Swainson's Thrush X
> Wood Thrush X
> American Robin X
> Gray Catbird X
> Northern Mockingbird X
> Brown Thrasher X
> European Starling X
> Blue-winged Warbler X
> Tennessee Warbler X
> Nashville Warbler X
> Northern Parula X
> Yellow Warbler X
> Chestnut-sided Warbler X
> Magnolia Warbler X
> Cape May Warbler X
> Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) X
> Black-throated Green Warbler X
> Blackburnian Warbler X
> Yellow-throated Warbler X
> Pine Warbler X
> Prairie Warbler X
> Palm Warbler X
> Bay-breasted Warbler X
> Blackpoll Warbler X
> Black-and-white Warbler X
> American Redstart X
> Prothonotary Warbler X
> Worm-eating Warbler X
> Ovenbird X
> Northern Waterthrush X
> Louisiana Waterthrush X
> Kentucky Warbler X
> Mourning Warbler 3
> Common Yellowthroat X
> Hooded Warbler X
> Wilson's Warbler X
> Canada Warbler X
> Yellow-breasted Chat X
> Eastern Towhee X
> Chipping Sparrow X
> Field Sparrow X
> Savannah Sparrow X
> Song Sparrow X
> Lincoln's Sparrow X
> White-throated Sparrow X
> White-crowned Sparrow X
> Summer Tanager X
> Scarlet Tanager X
> Northern Cardinal X
> Rose-breasted Grosbeak X
> Blue Grosbeak X
> Indigo Bunting X
> Dickcissel X
> Bobolink X
> Red-winged Blackbird X
> Eastern Meadowlark X
> Common Grackle X
> Brown-headed Cowbird X
> Orchard Oriole X
> Baltimore Oriole X
> House Finch X
> American Goldfinch X
> House Sparrow X
>
> This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)
>
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