Radnor Lake State Natural Area Davidson Co. Nashville, TN Tuesday, November 9, 2004 7-8:30am clear and brisk With the scoter sightings in TN this past weekend I decided to head to Radnor Lake this morning, where scoter have been occasionally found in past years. This morning I arrived at the west parking lot. With the cool temperatures, I decide to keep moving, and so I walked completely around the lake and thus, got more exercise than birding. Nevertheless, at several stops I found something of interest. Ducks were mostly far back in the northern cove and difficult to identify without a scope. There were at least 30 ducks with GADWALL being the most numerous, but I also found AMERICAN WIGEON, RING-NECKED DUCK, and MALLARD. Best birds of the morning were a single RUSTY BLACKBIRD eating poison ivy berries near the dam and 3 PURPLE FINCHes, 2 males and 1 female, eating with a flock of AMERICAN GOLDFINCHES on Otter Creek Road near the eastern end of the lake. Three WINTER WRENs were very chatty. -- Frank Fekel Tennessee State University Center of Excellence in Information Systems 330 10th Avenue North Nashville, TN 37203 USA =================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBER===================== The TN-Bird Net requires you to sign your messages with first and last name, city (town) and state abbreviation. ----------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------- 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 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society web site at http://www.tnbirds.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Topographical Maps located at http://topozone.com/find.asp * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ========================================================