Radnor Lake State Natural Area Davidson Co. Nashville, TN Wednesday, 2008 Sept. 17 7-9:30 am clear Out in advance of the Wednesday Nashville TOS group's walk, I birded to Long Bridge and back to the West Parking lot. I probably started my walk a bit too soon, as once I got past the dam, the sun was not hitting the trees and the birds were in dribbles and drabs as opposed to my walk along the road to the dam. Walking back from Long Bridge with the sun up higher produced more birds. Number of warbler species was down but bird numbers were still high. AM REDSTART beat out MAGNOLIA for the most numerous on my walk. In all I found 10 warbler species, including lone GOLDEN-WINGED (a nice male) and BLACKBURNIAN WARBLERs. A single YELLOW-THROATED VIREO was singing for some time. The WOOD DUCK numbers seem to grow with over 30 birds on the lake and there were large flocks of CHIMNEY SWIFTS and CEDAR WAXWINGs. BLUE JAYs were also on the move. One flycatcher with a yellow throat and breast got away before I could make a definitive ID. I am sure that the NTOS group will post additional good finds. Birds of interest included: Wood Duck 30+ Pied-billed Grebe 2 Chimney Swift 50+ Hairy Woodpecker 2 Eastern Wood-Pewee 5 Eastern Phoebe 1 White-eyed Vireo 3 Yellow-throated Vireo 1 Red-eyed Vireo 2 Swainson's Thrush 2 Gray Catbird 2 Cedar Waxwing 50+ WARBLERS: Golden winged 1 male Tennessee 3 N. Parula 1 Chestnut-sided 7 Magnolia 20 Black-throated Green 8 Blackburnian 1 Bay-breasted 1 Black and white 6 Am. Redstart 24 Summer Tanager 2 Scarlet Tanager 1 -- Frank Fekel Tennessee State University Center of Excellence in Information Systems 3500 John A. Merritt Boulevard Box 9501 Nashville, TN 37209 USA =================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 _____________________________________________________________