[TN-Bird] Radnor Lake Connecticut Warbler
- From: "fekel" <fekel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Tue, 10 May 2011 10:53:15 -0500
Radnor Lake State Natural Area
Davidson Co.
Nashville, TN
2011 May 10
6:45-9:25am
mostly clear and WARM.
Persistence pays off. Compared to yesterday when I walked to Long
Bridge with Chuck and Lola Estes, numbers of species and numbers in
general were down. I still have not seen or heard several relatively
common warbler species this year and have so far missed all the
MOURNINGs.
Things were so slow for me that by 8 am this morning I was already
past Long Bridge and thus, decided to try the hike up to Ganier Ridge
to see if the altitude would change my luck. That proved to be a
bust birdwise, but I am sure my heart appreciated it. However,
as a result of my effort, I was sweating profusely and not
very comfortable. After coming down to the lake, I next tried the
road up to the Hall tract, which at times is good for CONNECTICUT
and MOURNING WARBLERs. I got a singing KENTUCKY WARBLER instead
and a couple ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAKs. By the time I returned to
the west parking lot it was only 9:15am. On my circumnavigation of
Radnor Lake I had heard ubiquitous TENNESSEE WARBLERs and
RED-EYED VIREOs but found only 10 species of warblers.
Despite the ever increasing heat it was still early, so I decided
to have one more brief foray, rechecking the beginning of the
spillway trail next to the west parking lot, which has had
MOURNINGs this year and in past years has produced CONNECTICUTs.
Perhaps 30 yards past the beginning of the rail on the stream side
I heard a very brief song that made me stop in my tracks. Over
the next 3-4 minutes its sang a few more notes right in front of
me but I still could not find it. Then it briefly popped into
view, and I was staring at the bold eye ring of a male CONNECTICUT
WARBLER. The eleven hairs on the top of my head stood up as I
drank in the sight. Shortly thereafter it flew across the trail
toward the Visitor's center, and I lost it. But my morning was
complete, another great day at Radnor.
Birds of interest included:
Wild Turkey 7
Cooper's Hawk 1
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 3
Philadelphia Vireo 1 seen singing
Gray-cheeked Thrush 1
Swainson's Thrush 12+
Tennessee Warbler 12+
Northern Parula 2
Chestnut-sided Warbler 3
Magnolia Warbler 3
Black-throated Green Warbler 2
Bay-breasted Warbler 2
Blackpoll 2
American Redstart 3
Louisiana Waterthrush 1
Kentucky Warbler 2
Connecticut Warbler 1
Summer Tanager 3
Scarlet Tanager 2
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 2
Orchard Oriole 1
Frank Fekel
Nashville, TN
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