[TN-Bird] Lark Sparrows - Rutherford Co

From: "Scott Somershoe" <Scott.Somershoe@xxxxxx>
To: <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 09 May 2010 21:06:32 -0500
I went back to the old Lark Sparrow spot just off 840 and Hwy 452 (Nashville 
Superspeedway, just in Rutherford Co) in search of Lark Sparrows this morning 
(9 May 2010).

I totaled 35 species over the first 75 minutes with no Lark Sparrows seen.  I 
eventually heard some odd chip notes and saw a pair courting in the sumac at 
the top of the hill by the caldesac closest to 840.  The presumed male would 
lift his head up high, then lean down, stick his tail up high and fan it out a 
little bit, and repeat.  I watched this for a minute or so and saw another 
presumed male fly in and land in the grass just below them.  All I could see 
was the uniquely patterned tail up in the air just below the displaying male 
and the female in the shrubs.  

A couple minutes later I was looking down on a Yellow-throated Vireo in the 
shrubs.  Quite a nice view looking down on one!

I also had a weird bird fly by that was most like a scissor-tailed flycatcher, 
but it blew by real fast and disappeared.  I didn't even get the binocs on it.  
It had a very long tail and flew like a scissor-tailed, but something just 
wasn't quite right about it.  Ashame it vanished.  I'd love to know what that 
bird was.

I also drove around the speedway and had a Common Nighthawk flying around and 
displaying at almost 9am (central time).  


Location:     Highway 840 and 452 Lark Sparrow location
Observation date:     5/9/10
Number of species:     36

Canada Goose     5
Double-crested Cormorant     12
Great Blue Heron     3
Turkey Vulture     3
Killdeer     4
Mourning Dove     2
Chimney Swift     2
Red-bellied Woodpecker     2
Downy Woodpecker     1
Eastern Wood-Pewee     1
Eastern Phoebe     1
Yellow-throated Vireo     1
Blue Jay     4
American Crow     2
Northern Rough-winged Swallow     2
Tufted Titmouse     1
Carolina Wren     2
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher     2
Eastern Bluebird     4
Northern Mockingbird     1
Brown Thrasher     4
Tennessee Warbler     1
Prairie Warbler     2
Blackpoll Warbler     1
Common Yellowthroat     1
Summer Tanager     3
Eastern Towhee     3
Chipping Sparrow     1
Field Sparrow     4
Lark Sparrow     3
Northern Cardinal     4
Blue Grosbeak     2
Indigo Bunting     4
Red-winged Blackbird     4
Brown-headed Cowbird     4
American Goldfinch     4

This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)

Great birding!
Scott Somershoe



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