Radnor Lake State Natural Area Nashville-Davidson County, TN 24 September 2008 Fifteen birders were treated to an especially good outing at Radnor Lake this morning. We observed 11 species of warblers, including a Black-throated Blue Warbler, a very cooperative Blackburnian Warbler that gave us a good study in this species' fall plumage, a not-so-secretive Wilson's Warbler, several close up Canada Warblers as well as numerous Magnolia Warblers, American Redstarts and a good number of Black-and-white Warblers. Here's a breakdown of the 45 species we observed: Great Blue Heron 2 Green Heron 1 Black Vulture 2 Coopers' Hawk 1 Red-tailed Hawk 1 Killdeer 1 Chimney Swift 10 Ruby-throated Hummingbird 2 Red-bellied Woodpecker 3 Downy Woodpecker 5 Hairy Woodpecker 1 Pileated Woodpecker 2 Unidentified Empidonax Flycatcher 1 Eastern Wood-Pewee 3 Eastern Phoebe 4 White-eyed Vireo Philadelphia Vireo 4 Blue Jay 6 American Crow 2 Carolina Chickadee 7 Tufted Titmouse 3 White-breasted Nuthatch 1 Carolina Wren 9 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 3 Swainson's Thrush 2 Wood Thrush 3 American Robin 3 Gray Catbird 1 Cedar Waxwing 27 Tennessee Warbler 1 Chestnut-sided Warbler 3 Magnolia Warbler 22 Black-throated Green Warbler 10 Black-throated Blue Warbler 1 Blackburnian Warbler 1 Bay-breasted Warbler 3 Black-and-white Warbler 7 American Redstart 14 Wilson's Warbler 2 Canada Warbler 3 Northern Cardinal 12 Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1 Common Grackle 22 Brown-headed Cowbird 3 American Goldfinch 2 Our next walk is scheduled for Wednesday October 1st at 7:30am. We meet in the West Parking Lot. All are welcome. Kevin Bowden Nashville, TN =================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBER===================== The TN-Bird Net requires you to SIGN YOUR MESSAGE with first and last name, CITY (TOWN) and state abbreviation. You are also required to list the COUNTY in which the birds you report were seen. The actual DATE OF OBSERVATION should appear in the first paragraph. _____________________________________________________________ To post to this mailing list, simply send email to: tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx _____________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, send email to: tn-bird-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field. ______________________________________________________________ TN-Bird Net is owned by the Tennessee Ornithological Society Neither the society(TOS) nor its moderator(s) endorse the views or opinions expressed by the members of this discussion group. Moderator: Wallace Coffey, Bristol, TN wallace@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ------------------------------ Assistant Moderator Andy Jones Cleveland, OH ------------------------------- Assistant Moderator Dave Worley Rosedale, VA __________________________________________________________ Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society web site at http://www.tnbirds.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ARCHIVES TN-Bird Net Archives at //www.freelists.org/archives/tn-bird/ MAP RESOURCES Tenn.Counties Map at http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/states/tennessee3.gif Aerial photos to complement google maps http://local.live.com _____________________________________________________________