Sunday, Feb 19, 2017
Old Hickory Dam Area, Davidson Co.
I met Phillip Casteel at Old Hickory Dam to see if we could relocate the
Red-breasted Nuthatch found a couple of days earlier by Frank Fekel. Bird
activity was quite high, and lots of birds were singing on this mild, overcast
morning. About halfway down the nature trail, we lucked up on a calling
Red-breasted Nuthatch along with a couple of singing Pine Warblers. After
leaving the woods, we headed over to the beach area, and found a lone female
Red-breasted Merganser, and a pair of Hooded Mergansers, along with a
continuing flock of Lesser Scaup. a lone Ring-necked Duck, and a couple of
Northern Shoveler. After leaving the point, we went over to Snow Bunting
Peninsula and found a single female Common Merganser to complete the merganser
trifecta. As we stood on the point, we both heard a distinctive shorebird
call, and then looked up to see a winter-plumaged Dunlin fly directly overhead.
Unfortunately, the bird did not stop and kept flying north over the lake.
Fifty-one total species were either seen or heard...great morning to be out.
Mike SmithHendersonville, TN
