Radnor Lake State Natural Area Davidson Co., TN Wednesday, April 2, 2008 7:15-9:45am partly cloudy, breezy and brisk My first Wednesday walk of the spring at Radnor Lake produced the typical mix of winter birds and early neotropic migrants. On the small pond on the east side I had 9 gorgeous male WOOD DUCKs. GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLET numbers were also high with 20 or more being seen and heard. Three species of swallows flew over the lake with numerous TREE and ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOWs plus 3 BARN SWALLOWs. There were 10+ BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHERs flitting about the trees. YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERs appreared to be making a significant push with 40+, while I also found 2 singing LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSHes, one at each end of the lake trail. Three singing BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLERs round out the warbler species. Other birds of interest included a YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER, an EASTERN PHOEBE at the dam and a BROWN THRASHER a short way down the lake trail before cane bridge. -- Frank Fekel Tennessee State University Center of Excellence in Information Systems 3500 John A. Merritt Boulevard Box 9501 Nashville, TN 37209 USA =================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/ EXCELLENT MAP RESOURCES Topographical Maps located at http://topozone.com/find.asp Tenn.Counties Map at http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/states/tennessee3.gif Aerial photos to complement google maps http://local.live.com _____________________________________________________________