[TN-Bird] Belated Forward from Terry Witt re Big Day May 6 Nashville Area

  • From: jeff.cowell@xxxxxxxxxxx
  • To: tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Tue, 08 May 2007 23:39:25 +0000

Terry Witt 
Murfreesboro TN

My apologies for the late post.  Dr. Witt sent this to me and requested I 
forward it, forgetting I was in Costa Rica.  So

Big day around Nashville. 

> 
> Bob Ingle and I set off at 0430 on May 6 for a local area big day in a dense 
> fog.  We quickly picked up singing Whip-poor-wills and Chuck-wills-widows and 
> then had a tedious and dangerous trek to Franklin and the Harpeth Valley.  No 
> sign of the Willow Flycatcher (a few days early?) but we easily found Blue 
> Grosbeak and many Grasshopper Sparrows.  Late Savannah and Swamp Sparrows 
> were 
> good finds, but no sign of White-crowned Sparrows, and we managed to dip on 
> White-throated for the day as well.  On to Radnor Lake and it was soon 
> apparent 
> that migrants were in short supply.  We found one small group of warblers at 
> Grassy Point, but the woods were quiet.  We did not even hear a single 
> Acadian 
> Flycatcher there or anywhere else for the day!  We picked up a few odds and 
> ends 
> on our way to Ashland City, a Broad-winged Hawk divebombing a Red-shouldered 
> Hawk was nice.  Nothing else unusual there and we set off for Old Hickory 
> Lake.  
> We had a great start at the end of Swinging Bridge Road with a singing 
> Dickcissel and a small flock of Bob-o-links in the large vetch field.  The 
> best 
> find of the day followed with 2 Laughing Gulls swimming below the dam.  We 
> continued around the lake only to find that the "improvement" of Drakes Creek 
> continues, and little habitat or birds remain :-(.  We hit a few spots in 
> Wilson 
> County and ended back home in Rutherford County with E Collared Dove and a 
> Common Nighthawk at dusk for a final tally of 112.  This is one of the lowest 
> totals I have had for this route, hope it is better next year
> 
> Cheers
> 
> Terry  Witt      
> 

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