[TN-Bird] Radnor Mourning Warbler continues

From: fekel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
To: tn-bird <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 8 May 2006 11:19:11 -0500 (CDT)
Radnor Lake State Natural Area
Davidson Co.
Nashville, TN 
MOnday, 8 May 2006
7-10 am
cloudy and cool

After walking Radnor Lake and Shelby Park and Bottoms with 30+ 
visiting TOS birders on Saturday and Sunday, a solo outing 
at Radnor this morning felt a bit peculiar.  I walked only 
from the West Parking lot to Long Bridge before turning back
and used the Spillway Trail on the final leg to my auto (Lady
Luck smiled on that decision).  Despite the mostly overcast 
conditions, I had an excellent morning of bird sightings.  
To add to my pleasure, two otters were seen close to the dam.

The West parking lot, as on Saturday, was host to many 
birds.  One female CAPE MAY WARBLER was still around there,
but I was not able to find the BREWSTER'S. Near the dam 
and Ranger house I searched for the male MOURNING WARBLER but 
did NOT find it.  Instead I watched 4 CANADA GOOSE goslings
below the dam.  There were plenty of thrushes as I approached 
Long Bridge with VEERY and GRAY-CHEEKED seen but numbers dominated 
by 25+ SWAINSON's THRUSHes.   The Long Bridge area itself was 
quite active as well, the highlight was a male CANADA WARBLER.  
On the walk back the area between the deck and dam proved its 
worth, as I picked up several more warbler species, including 
nice sightings of an adult male AM. REDSTART and a male HOODED 
WARBLER.  At the dam area I again failed to find the MOURNING, 
and so headed down the Spillway trail back to my car.  About 
100 yards from the parking lot along the Spillway Trail,
I heard a strong chip note and soon got outstanding looks at 
the male MOURNING WARBLER, who posed for me out in the open
several times from distances of 10-15 feet (no binoculars needed).  
In all I saw or heard 18 species of warblers, a great morning.  
With a bit more work I could have had a 20+ species day, but I did 
have to get to work sometime today.  The only disappointment was a 
flycatcher that I was unable to identify.

Birds of interest included:
Veery 1
Gray-cheeked Thrush 2
Swainson's Thrush 25+ 
Gray Catbird 5
White-eyed Vireo 2
Red-eyed Vireo 4
Tennessee Warbler 5
Nashville Warbler 2
N. Parula 1
Chestnut-sided Warbler 4
Magnolia Warbler 9+
Cape May Warbler 1 female
Yellow-rumped Warbler 5
Black-throated Green Warbler 1
Bay-breasted Warbler 1
Black-and-white Warbler 4
Am. Redstart 1 adult male
Prothonotary Warbler 2
Ovenbird 1
Louisiana Waterthrush 2
Kentucky Warbler 1
Mourning Warbler 1 male
Hooded Warbler 1 male
Canada Warbler 1 male
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1 female

-- 
Frank Fekel
Tennessee State University
Center of Excellence in Information Systems
3500 John A. Merritt Boulevard
Box 9501
Nashville, TN 37209 USA

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