[TN-Bird] waterfowl, etc. at Radnor Lake, Davidson Co.

10-21-08
Radnor Lake
Davidson Co.
 
Some additional waterfowl species have moved in to Radnor since I reported  
on Sunday.  Today there were 5 Ring-necked Ducks, 1 female Canvasback, 2  
Wigeons, 39 Gadwalls, 8 Wood Ducks, 3 Pied-billed Grebes, and several  Canada 
Geese.  
 
others of interest:
killdeer 1
black-throated green 2
yellow-rumped 100+
common yellowthroat 2
eastern phoebe 2
cedar waxwing 10
ruby-crowned kinglet 2
golden-crowned kinglet 3
white-throated sparrow 5
 
Yesterday, David Hawkins and I had a female Rose-breasted Grosbeak at  Radnor 
which acted very strangely.  We were standing on the spillway  bridge and it 
flew very low over the lake and picked off something from the  water.  Then 
flew very weakly below the bridge and landed in the dense  brush on the side of 
the spillway.  Finally, it flew again just a foot off  the ground and landing 
in the short grass at the base of a willow.  It  stayed there hidden in the 
grass for quite a while.  I've never seen one  catch anything off the water 
before, and they're not usually ground birds.   Its weak flight made us think 
there was something wrong with it.
 
We also got to look DOWN on a Golden-crowned Kinglet that had just bathed  in 
the spillway pool and then perched in a brush pile to preen, seeing its crown 
 in all its glory.  Nice!
 
Yesterday I had 2 Great Horned Owls calling just outside my house at 7:00  
a.m. and 7:00 p.m.
 
Jan Shaw
Nashville, TN
 
 
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