Davidson county - June 1
I found two separate pairs of Baltimore Orioles at Cook's Landing
Recreation area on Percy priest lake in Nashville this morning, and located
one active nest with young. Both parents visited every few minutes and I
could just make out one young head taking food, although the nest is
probably 40 ft off the ground. The other adults were actively foraging, and
occasionally chasing one another, as were a pair of Orchard Orioles. I
would assume that they all have nests.
I know they are irregular nesters along the lakes, but I'm not sure how
frequently - or if - Baltimores have nested in this particular location in
the past. It seems to me that the numbers of resident Baltimores is
increasing in Davidson, but it may just be that I'm birding so much more
than in previous years.
Graham Gerdeman
Davidson
