[TN-Bird] Radnor Lake, another Connecticut Warbler
- From: "fekel" <fekel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Tue, 17 May 2011 11:10:18 -0500
Radnor Lake State Natural Area
Davidson Co.
Nashville, TN
2011 May 17
7:00 - 9:50am
partly cloudy and cool
On a wonderful cool spring morning I went to Radnor Lake looking
for MOURNING WARBLERs and YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHERs. I found
neither. At the beginning of the walk skies were mostly clear,
and it was good to see the sun after several very cloudy days.
I walked from the west parking lot to Long Bridge and back.
On my return walk about 9:15 am before Bench 16 and the
deck I heard a CONNECTICUT WARBLER give part of its song next
to the trail. Over the next 5 minutes it sang a couple more
times and then popped into a cedar tree next to the trail.
During the next 5-6 minutes I watched it preen and look around,
relaxed on its perch only 20 feet from me. It completely
ignored me as I drank in the view. Finally, it flew behind
the tree toward the lake edge and I lost it. The CONNECTICUT
was my lucky 13th warbler species of the morning. Encountering
two lone birders as I walked back to the parking lot, I mentioned
the sighting and sent them on their way to see if their luck
was as good as mine had been. A male WILSON's WARBLER at the dam
was the second best warbler of the morning. There were several nice
mixed warbler flocks at various places along the trail. A BARRED OWL
at Cane Bridge looked as if it was waiting to spy a fish breakfast.
An OSPREY flew low over the lake in the early morning, and a single
PIED-BILLED GREBE was diving for food. I saw or heard
4 PHILADELPHIA VIREOs. With the cool weather and a number of migrants
it was an excellent morning.
Birds of interest included:
Osprey 1
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 1
Barred Owl 1
White-eyed Vireos - a pair at Long Bridge
Philadelphia Vireo 4
Red-eyed Vireo 5
Gray-cheeked Thrush 1
Swainson's Thrush 8
Tennessee Warbler 2
N. Parula 1
Chestnut-sided Warbler 3
Magnolia Warbler 7
Bay-breasted Warbler 1
Blackpoll 3
Black-and-white Warbler 2
Am. Redstart 6
Louisiana Waterthrush 1
Connecticut Warbler 1 male
Common Yellowthroat 2
Wilson's Warbler 1 male
Canada Warbler 2
Frank Fekel
Nashville, TN
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