Radnor Lake State Natural Area Davidson Co. Nasvhille, TN Saturday 28 Oct. 2006 7:45-9:15 am Clear, cool Walked from the west parking lot to long bridge and back. The changing of the guard has been accomplished. The beauty of the fall colors combined with a few good birds and a lovely morning made for a nice outing. However, it was not a particularly solitary morning. Plenty of photographers out and volunteers were mulching part of the Lake Trail as I left. A raft of 70+ ducks, all in a concentrated ball on the water, unfortunately went unidentified, but I did find several species of more cooperative water birds. YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERs dominated numbers in the woods with at least 50+ birds. A large flock of AMERICAN ROBINs at the west parking lot also made its presence known as well as a large flock of cackling COMMON GRACKLEs near long bridge. Two INDIGO BUNTINGs and a single DARK-EYED JUNCO were opposite bookends, evidence of the changing of the guard. Best birds of the morning were a single LINCOLN'S SPARROW plus lone TENNESSEE and ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLERs. Birds of interest included: Pied-billed Grebe 2 Wood Duck 2 Gadwall 4 American Wigeon 1 Ruddy Duck 2 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 3 Golden-crowned Kinglet 1 Hermit Thrush 1 Tennessee Warbler 1 Orange-crowned Warbler 1 Indigo Bunting 2 Lincoln's Sparrow 1 Song Sparrow 3 White-throated Sparrow 18 Dark-eyed Junco 1 -- 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 _____________________________________________________________