I couldn't get out and officially "bird" today, but I managed a 30 minute
break in the yard to sit, watch and listen around 10:30 CDT. It was failry
active.
I saw two Orioles in a large tulip poplar, first a BALTIMORE ORIOLE, and
then a first year male ORCHARD ORIOLE. A silent SWAINSON'S THRUSH settled
onto a Mahonia bush. A COMMON YELLOWTHROAT sang repeatedly and dashed back
and forth between yews and forsythia, although I never got a good look. Two
GRAY CATBIRDS were skulking about as well as two wary BROWN THRASHERS. I've
had bott these species nest in the yard in past years- maybe again this
year.
My thirty minutes flew by.
22 species
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 1 flying overhead
Chimney Swift 4
Great Crested Flycatcher 1 heard only
Blue-headed Vireo 1
White-breasted Nuthatch 1 heard only
House Wren 1
Carolina Wren 1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1
Swainson's Thrush 1
American Robin 1
Gray Catbird 2
Brown Thrasher 2
Northern Mockingbird 1
Tennessee Warbler 1 heard only
Common Yellowthroat 1
Cape May Warbler 1
Palm Warbler 2
Eastern Towhee 1
Northern Cardinal 2
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1 heard squeak call note
Orchard Oriole 1 first year male
Baltimore Oriole 1
Kevin Bowden
Nashville-Davidson Co. TN
April 28, 2016
