Radnor Lake State Natural Area Nashville-Davidson Co. TN 29 April 2009 The rain held off the entire morning in the Nashville area for the NTOS Wednesday morning group to make it around the lake. The group started off small, got large, and then finished up small again. We totaled 61 species, including 14 warbler species. Right off the bat in the parking lot we had two male CAPE MAY WARBLERS that were reasonably cooperative. As soon as we got up the road, passing the resident LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSH at the creek, we spied an OPSPREY circling above the lake. Another notable flyover were roughly a dozen DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANTS moving high overhead. Most of the group also got good looks at a BLUE-WINGED WARBLER, from the bridge over the spillway. Two HAIRY WOODPECKERS fussed at each other as they climbed up a tree trunk. And along the road several PROTHONOTARY WARBLERS put on good shows for us, not to be outdone by several adult WOOD DUCKS followed by their tiny ducklings. Here's the list of species observed: Canada Goose Wood Duck Mallard Double-crested Cormorant Great Blue Heron Turkey Vulture Osprey Red-tailed Hawk American Coot Spotted Sandpiper Yellow-billed Cuckoo Barred Owl Chimney Swift Ruby-throated Hummingbird Belted Kingfisher Red-bellied Woodpecker Downy Woodpecker Hairy Woodpecker Pileated Woodpecker Eastern Phoebe Great-crested Flycatcher White-eyed Vireo Yellow-throated Vireo Red-eyed Vireo Blue Jay American Crow Northern Rough-winged Swallow Barn Swallow Carolina Chickadee Tufted Titmouse White-breasted Nuthatch Carolina Wren Ruby-crowned Kinglet Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Swainson's Thrush Wood Thrush Gray Catbird Cedar Waxwing Blue-winged Warbler Tennessee Warbler Nashville Warbler Northern Parula Chestnut-sided Warbler Cape May Warbler Yellow-rumped Warbler Yellow-throated Warbler Palm Warbler Blackpoll Warbler Prothonotary Warbler Louisiana Waterthrush Kentucky Warbler Yellow-breasted Chat Summer Tanager Scarlet Tanager White-throated Sparrow Northern Cardinal Rose-breasted Grosbeak Indigo Bunting Brown-headed Cowbird Baltimore Oriole American Goldfinch Our next scheduled walk will be next Wednesday May 6 at 7:30am. We meet in the West Parking Lot. This date is normally around the peak of spring migration in the Nashville area. All are welcome to join us. And as a reminder, Radnor Lake will figure as a field trip both Saturday and Sunday at the TOS Spring Meeting to be held in Nashville. Kevin Bowden Nashville, TN ethden@xxxxxxxxx =================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 _____________________________________________________________