[TN-Bird] Several Warblers Still Around At The Honors Course

issues and procrastination (at least I hope my post will now go through again 
without any problems). I will say this has been a great fall for me as the 
numbers of warblers at the golf course has been by far the most I have ever 
seen. 
    We have a man made stream that flows through the golf course connecting two 
lakes. Water is re-circulated part of the day so it flows out of one lake down 
the stream and over a small waterfall into the other lake. Early in the morning 
and later in the day the water flows very slowly. I am guessing the water 
attracts insects the warblers like. I say this because I never see the warblers 
drinking water or bathing. There are several small to medium sized trees along 
this stream. No where else on the roughly 600 acres the golf course sits on are 
the warbler numbers anywhere near what they are along this stream.

    That being said, I (and others) have been amazed at the numbers of warblers 
in such a small area in small trees. Many times we would see 6-8 birds in the 
same small tree. Redbuds seemed to be their favorite. Other trees they liked 
included Elms, White Oak, Willows, Cedars (mainly Magnolia Warblers) and 
Bayberry. Their being in small trees has been great for everyone to get good 
close up looks. Many times we would be less than 10 feet from the birds who 
paid not attention to us at all.

    Each day for the past week I have been expecting the warblers to be gone or 
their numbers drop to a just a few. We have had slightly less for the past week 
but today the numbers are back up. This is in spite of the fact the Redbud tree 
has probably lost 90% of the leaves it had a week ago. Still this is one of 
their favorites. I assume the cold front has pushed some more through. Today we 
again had large numbers of American Redstarts, Magnolia Warblers and several 
Chestnut-sided Warblers. I saw at least one each of Northern Parula, 
Black-throated Green Warbler and Palm Warbler. About a week ago Yellow-rumped 
Warblers showed up in large numbers and are still here outnumbering anything 
else.

    I do expect when the cold front passes through here most of the warblers 
will move on tonight or tomorrow night. Maybe I will get see some other new 
birds for a few days.

David Stone
Ooltewah, Tn.
Hamilton County



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