[TN-Bird] NTOS Radnor Lake Wednesday Walk 01 May

From: Kevin Bowden <bnabirder@xxxxxxxxx>
To: tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Wed, 1 May 2013 17:00:28 -0500
Radnor Lake State Natural Area
Nashville-Davidson Co, TN
May 1, 2013

Over twenty birders joined this morning's NTOS-sponsored walk at Radnor
Lake State Natural Area.

It was one of those mornings where you get some good looks at certain
birds, and hear plenty of others. For many, the ACADIAN FLYCATCHER calling
out near the road as we strolled from up the parking lot to the lake was a
first for this spring. The bird not only sang out loud and clear, but came
down on a bare branch for all to see. That's about when we saw the
LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSH on the road surface in plain view. The youngest
member of the group, David, found a RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD nest on a
bare branch over the dam road. When we queried him as to how he ever found
such a tiny bump on the twig, he said he saw the bird fly onto the nest.
Along the same road we saw two YELLOW-THROATED VIREOS, one with nesting
material in its bill, and sure enough we found a nest high up in a sycamore
tree at the lake's edge. Also along the dam was an AMERICAN COOT standing
at the edge of the water, just beside a SPOTTED SANDPIPER that cooperated
nicely as well. All this, while a WOOD THRUSH sang continually nearby. We
also spied an EASTERN KINGBIRD perched out at the top of a tree near
the Spillway, making his buzzy sharp kzeet call.  A highlight for many was
seeing and hearing a SUMMER TANAGER out in the open, above the road over
the dam. We did later see and hear a female SUMMER TANAGER making
pit-a-tuck calls.

On the Lake Trail we spotted a BARRED OWL perched low near the first little
footbridge coming from the Spillway. It suddenly dove down, but came up
empty-clawed to the same branch, and then flew off, brushing right past us.

We heard more warblers than we saw, but a handful of us saw a male
BLACKPOLL WARBLER near Grassy Point; a few more of us saw a NORTHERN
PARULA, and most of us got a good look at a PROTHONOTARY WARBLER. Most all
the other warblers were heard and not seen.

As we approached the Long Bridge a pair of male SCARLET TANAGERS sat almost
side by side, which stopped the group for a while. And finally when we got
to the Long Bridge we had a VIREO chorus: a RED-EYED, WHITE-EYED, and
YELLOW-THROATED singing simultaneously.

A complete list follows:
48 species

Canada Goose 7
Wood Duck 5
Wild Turkey 4
Great Blue Heron 1
Turkey Vulture 3
Red-tailed Hawk 1
American Coot 1
Spotted Sandpiper 1
Barred Owl 1
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 2
Red-bellied Woodpecker 3
Downy Woodpecker 2
Pileated Woodpecker 3
Acadian Flycatcher 1
Eastern Kingbird 1
White-eyed Vireo 1
Yellow-throated Vireo 3
Red-eyed Vireo 3
Blue Jay 6
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 1
Purple Martin 1
Barn Swallow 6
Carolina Chickadee 6
Tufted Titmouse 9
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
Carolina Wren 6
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 5
Eastern Bluebird 5
Swainson's Thrush 1
Wood Thrush 1
Louisiana Waterthrush 3
Prothonotary Warbler 3
Tennessee Warbler 2
Nashville Warbler 1
Kentucky Warbler 1
Cape May Warbler 1
Northern Parula 2
Blackpoll Warbler 1
Palm Warbler 4
Yellow-rumped Warbler 6
Yellow-throated Warbler 1
Black-throated Green Warbler 1
Summer Tanager 3
Scarlet Tanager 3
Northern Cardinal 12
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 3
Brown-headed Cowbird 3
American Goldfinch 4

Kevin Bowden
Nashville, TN
[TN-Bird] NTOS Radnor Lake Wednesday Walk 01 May

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