Good Day Tn-birders.
To spite the forecast of 40% chance of thunderstorms, the second of
our four spring Wednesday morning walks at Radnor Lake was dry, sunny and
³birdie". Many thanks to Richard Conners who lead the 28 participants on
this morning¹s adventure. Many saw first of season birds, others saw life
birds but everyone had a great time. In addition we were joined this
morning by a camera crew from NPT¹sTN Crossroads who is producing a program
on TOS birding and Radnor Lake. Thanks to John Kell for helping as the
point of contact this morning. We¹ll be sure to let everyone know the air
date for the show once the filming is complete.
As usual Radnor did not disappoint anyone this morning. We all enjoyed very
close-up views of a hunting Barred Owl, a beautiful male Scarlet Tanager
foraging directly over head, singing Yellow-throated, Blue-headed and
Warbling Vireos, 15 species of warblers flitting among the canopy and the
last of season singing Ruby-crowned Kinglets to highlight just a few of the
68 species seen or heard today. The complete list can be found below.
There are two more Wednesday walks to go at Radnor this spring. May 4th,
Kevin Bowden will lead the group and our final walk for the season will be
on May 11th with Joshua Stevenson leading. So mark those calendars and
make plans to attend. As always we depart from the west parking lot of
Radnor State Park at 7:30 am venturing up the road and across the spillway
before making our way down the trail to Long Bridge. Come for an hour or
stay all morning. It¹s always a ³birdie² good time at Radnor!
Today¹s List:
Canada Goose 8
Wood Duck 6
Blue-winged Teal 5
Wild Turkey 4
Pied-billed Grebe 2
Double-crested Cormorant 1
Great Blue Heron 1
Turkey Vulture 1
Red-shouldered Hawk 1
Red-tailed Hawk 2
Broad-winged Hawk 1
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 1
Barred Owl 2
Chimney Swift 2
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 4
Downy Woodpecker 3
Pileated Woodpecker 4
Eastern Wood-Pewee 2
Acadian Flycatcher 1
Great Crested Flycatcher 1
Eastern Kingbird 2
White-eyed Vireo 2
Yellow-throated Vireo 2
Warbling Vireo 1
Red-eyed Vireo 4
Blue-headed Vireo - 1
Blue Jay 5
American Crow 1
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 1
Barn Swallow 5
Carolina Chickadee 14
Tufted Titmouse 11
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
Carolina Wren 7
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 5
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 3
Eastern Bluebird 2
Veery 1
Swainson¹s Thrush 1
Wood Thrush 2
Gray Catbird 1
Louisiana Waterthrush 1
Prothonotary Warbler 2
Tennessee Warbler 3
Hooded Warbler 1
American Redstart 1
Cape May Warbler 1
Northern Parula 1
Magnolia Warbler 1
Yellow Warbler 3
Chestnut-sided Warbler 2
Blackpoll Warbler 2
Palm Warbler 10
Yellow-rumped Warbler 8
Yellow-throated Warbler 1
Black-throated Green Warbler 3
Eastern Towhee 1
White-throated Sparrow 5
Summer Tanager 4
Scarlet Tanager 1
Northern Cardinal 20
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 5
Red-winged Blackbird 2
Brown-headed Cowbird 5
Orchard Oriole 1
Baltimore Oriole 1
American Goldfinch - 6
Happy birding!!
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/ |` Cyndi Routledge
NTOS President
Southeastern Avian Research
Specializing in Winter Hummingbird banding
1515 N. Willow Bend Court
Clarksville, TN 37043
931-206-3517
