I heard that invasives were removed from Radnor Lake, hence the lack of understory vegetation. That explains it. It'll be interesting to see if much woody vegetation establishes with the nearly closed canopy (i.e. lack of sunlight hitting the ground isn't conducive to regeneration of trees and shrubs) and the high deer population eating anything young and juicy. Time will tell I guess. Scott State Ornithologist Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency P.O. Box 40747 Nashville, TN 37204 615-781-6653 (o) 615-781-6654 (fax) "Keeping the rubber side down" - S.G.S. ----- Original Message ---- From: EGLEAVES@xxxxxxx To: ssomershoe2001@xxxxxxxxx; tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Wednesday, April 5, 2006 12:33:13 PM Subject: Re: [TN-Bird] Radnor Lake Migrants Welcome to Tennessee and to Radnor Lake, Scott! Ed Gleaves Nashville, TN (Just over the hill from Radnor Lake) In a message dated 4/5/2006 11:22:19 A.M. Central Standard Time, ssomershoe2001@xxxxxxxxx writes: I decided to check out Radnor Lake in Nashville as it is close to work and I hadn't been there yet. Beautiful morning and I had some spring firsts, well firsts for me anyway. I wasn't sure where to park or go, but I parked at the lot on the east side and followed another birder who practically ran down the road towards the lake when I got there about 6:40am. Anyway, I walked along the trail about 3/4 of the way to the north end of the lake and turned around. Lots of Blue-gray Gnatcatchers (30+), 2 Yellow-thr warblers, 1 Louisiana waterthrush, 2 Black-thr green warblers, 2 parulas, 1 Yellow-thr vireo, 3 Blue winged teal, 3 winter wrens, 2 Blue-headed vireo (always nice to hear), and a pair of barred owls working the parking lot. very tame. More yellow-rumpeds and goldfinches then I could shake a stick at! Saw one lingering hermit thrush and the weirdest sapsucker. The sapsucker had no red on it, but it also didn't have any brown feathers like juveniles do through the fall. The head was salt and peppery where it should have been red (or white under the bill in females). The streaks of white running behind the eye were there, as was the streak of white running from the base of the bill and around the cheek. The entire body was black and white without the yellow tinge to the breast. It was a sapsucker for sure, but was missing characteristics I always see. Wish I had a camera with me. It was cooperative. I was surprised/disappointed at how little understory there is out there. Some spots have some shrubbery, but most appears devoid of woody understory. Little habitat for a large group of birds (and herps, etc). Good birding, Scott State Ornithologist Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency P.O. 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