I had the pleasure to lead the first Wednesday morning migration walk of
the Spring this morning at Radnor Lake in Nashville. A large group
originally starting with 32 birders had a fairly slow day, species-wise for
migration, but it was a beautiful morning, and pretty much everyone got
good looks at a number of attractive species. Several NORTHERN PARULAS were
singing all along the lake trail. Yellow-rumped Warblers are still
numerous, and PALM WARBLERS are now along the lake in decent numbers.
BLUE-HEADED, YELLOW-THROATED, and WHITE-EYED VIREOS were seen and heard, as
well as both SCARLET and SUMMER TANAGERS. A first-of-season ACADIAN
FLYCATCHER was at the spillway. A pair of HOODED WARBLERS were seen at the
cane bridge. At Long Bridge, we had BLUE-WINGED, PRAIRIE, and
ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER, as well as a female PURPLE FINCH.
I'm sure there were many other species observed by those who continued on
around the lake. With a group this large, I certainly also missed counting
some species seen by members of the group during the first part of the
walk. I know that WARBLING VIREO, ORCHARD ORIOLE, RED-EYED VIREO and others
were seen by birders we met on the trail, but they weren't encountered on
the "official" walk.
My full checklist is below. Good birding!
Graham Gerdeman
Nashville
Radnor Lake State Natural Area, Davidson, Tennessee, US
Apr 17, 2019 7:10 AM - 11:23 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.65 mile(s)
Comments: First weekly NTOS Wednesday morning walk for spring 2019.
Group started with as many as 32 people and then splintered. List is from
species observed from West parking lot to long bridge (bench 20) and back.
Not a very active day, warbler-wise, but many people got good looks and
several attractive species.
51 species
Canada Goose 8
Wood Duck 5
Wild Turkey 3 Heard display calls many times, but all out of view.
Pied-billed Grebe 4
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1
Great Blue Heron 3
Black Vulture 1
Turkey Vulture 3
Cooper's Hawk 1
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Barred Owl 2
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 5
Downy Woodpecker 6
Northern Flicker 1
Acadian Flycatcher 1
Eastern Phoebe 1
Eastern Kingbird 2
White-eyed Vireo 5
Yellow-throated Vireo 1
Blue-headed Vireo 2
Blue Jay 8
American Crow 4
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 2
Carolina Chickadee 12
Tufted Titmouse 15
White-breasted Nuthatch 3
Carolina Wren 10
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 12 Three nests identified
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 6
Eastern Bluebird 4
American Robin 2
Brown Thrasher 1
European Starling 5
House Finch 1
Purple Finch 1
American Goldfinch 6
White-throated Sparrow 5
Brown-headed Cowbird 2
Blue-winged Warbler 1
Orange-crowned Warbler 1
Hooded Warbler 2
Northern Parula 4
Palm Warbler (Western) 4
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 15
Yellow-throated Warbler 2
Prairie Warbler 1
Black-throated Green Warbler 2
Summer Tanager 1
Scarlet Tanager 1
Northern Cardinal 13
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S55054971
This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (https://ebird.org/home)
