Old Hickory Dam Area J. Percy Priest Dam Area Davidson Co., TN Saturday, 2011 Dec. 10 Clear and very chilly On Saturday morning, December 10, ten intrepid Tennessee birders, representing several counties in middle Tennessee, converged at Old Hickory Dam in northern Davidson County for the Nashville TOS field trip. They spent a very chilly morning searching for various winter species. A walk through the woods next to the dam produced an EASTERN PHOEBE, good numbers of GOLDEN CROWNED KINGLETs, and several BROWN CREEPERs, and FOX SPARROWs, the latter being a life bird for some in the group. Perhaps the best bird of the morning was a FORSTER'S TERN that circled low over Snow Bunting Peninsula. Also seen in the area were a nearby COMMON LOON, BONAPARTE'S GULLs, and plenty of HORNED and PIED-BILLED GREBEs. Duck numbers were rather low with only RUDDY and MALLARDs seen. Since the morning was still young, as a bonus, we drove to the J. Percy Priest Dam. While no new species were found on the lake, a drive to the area below the dam produced a lone RUSTY BLACKBIRD that posed in a bare tree for the group. At the end of the morning the group had found 44 species. A full list of the birds is given at the NTOS website on the blog linked from the field trip page. Frank Fekel NTOS Field Trip Leader Bellevue, 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.
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