Radnor Lake SNA
5-2-15 (5:50 – 10:30 A.M.)
Davidson Co.
Radnor Lake was really hopping this morning as migration is hitting full swing.
Right out of the gate, there was a singing Golden-winged Warbler along the
road just past the parking lot. Once at the dam, and as soon as the sun came
over the ridge and hit the trees, the warblers came alive. Still lots of
Yellow-rumps around (although not nearly as many as last weekend), as well as
Blackpoll, Yellow, Bay-breasted, Nashville, Tennessee, Parula, Yellow-throated,
both Waterthrushes, and a gorgeous Blackburnian in a bare tree right in front
of the old rangers house. A flyover Great Egret was a welcome surprise too.
The best bird of the day was at Cane Bridge, where a Swainson’s Warbler was
singing off to the left of the trail. This is quite possibly the same bird
that was found by Frank Fekel a few days ago. If it’s anything like the
Swainson’s that was found for several consecutive years at Shelby Bottoms
(although I don't believe it has been
seen/heard yet this year), it might stick around for a while.
Long Bridge was pretty active as well, with Blue-winged, Kentucky, and
Nashville warblers, along with four species of vireo (White-eyed, Blue-headed,
Warbling, and Red-eyed). On the way up to Ganier Ridge along “thrush road”
were singing Swainson’s, Wood, and Gray-cheeked thrushes, as well one “wannabe
thrush”…an Ovenbird. Once on the ridge itself, it was only fitting to have two
Cape May Warblers right above the Albert Ganier memorial. Black-throated
Greens and Tennessee’s were really putting on a show with their continuous
singing, and two more Blackburnians were found as well.
Altogether 81 species were found, including 23 species of warblers…full list is
below:
Canada Goose - 4
Wood Duck - 12
Mallard - 2
Wild Turkey - 4
Pied-billed Grebe - 1
Double-crested Cormorant - 1
Great Blue Heron - 1
Great Egret - 1
Black Vulture - 2
Turkey Vulture - 1
Red-tailed Hawk - 1
Solitary Sandpiper - 1
Mourning Dove - 1
Barred Owl - 2
Chimney Swift - 12
Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 4
Downy Woodpecker - 5
Hairy Woodpecker - 1
Pileated Woodpecker - 3
Eastern Wood-Pewee - 2
Acadian Flycatcher - 2
Great Crested Flycatcher - 3
Eastern Kingbird - 2
White-eyed Vireo - 3
Yellow-throated Vireo - 1
Blue-headed Vireo - 2
Warbling Vireo - 2
Red-eyed Vireo - 5
Blue Jay - 1
American Crow - 3
Northern Rough-winged Swallow - 4
Barn Swallow - 2
Carolina Chickadee - 3
Tufted Titmouse - 6
White-breasted Nuthatch - 3
Carolina Wren - 3
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 2
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 1
Eastern Bluebird - 2
Gray-cheeked Thrush - 1
Swainson's Thrush - 12
Wood Thrush - 2
American Robin - 1
European Starling - 3
Cedar Waxwing - 6
Ovenbird - 2
Louisiana Waterthrush - 2
Northern Waterthrush - 1
Blue-winged Warbler - 1
Golden-winged Warbler - 1
Black-and-white Warbler - 2
Swainson's Warbler - 1
Tennessee Warbler - 7
Nashville Warbler - 5
Kentucky Warbler - 2
Hooded Warbler - 1
American Redstart - 1
Cape May Warbler - 2
Northern Parula - 3
Bay-breasted Warbler - 3
Blackburnian Warbler - 3
Yellow Warbler - 1
Blackpoll Warbler - 3
Palm Warbler - 11
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 30
Yellow-throated Warbler - 1
Black-throated Green Warbler - 9
Yellow-breasted Chat - 1
Chipping Sparrow - 1
Song Sparrow - 1
White-throated Sparrow - 3
Summer Tanager - 3
Scarlet Tanager - 1
Northern Cardinal - 7
Rose-breasted Grosbeak - 2
Indigo Bunting - 3
Common Grackle - 1
Brown-headed Cowbird - 2
Baltimore Oriole - 1
American Goldfinch - 4
Mike Smith,
Hendersonville, TN
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