The 100-year anniversary TOS meeting at Montgomery Bell State Park featured a
wide variety of field trips. A number of our walks took place at the park
itself, yielding a good tally of species expected in a forest habitat. On
Saturday and Sunday we ventured farther afield to a variety of mid-state
locales such as Mound Bottoms, Bicentennial Trail/Dyson's Ditch, Narrows of the
Harpeth, Ft. Campbell, and the Duck River, and those outings brought our count
up considerably.
Our total species count for the weekend was 132 (list below), including 27
species of warblers and 11 sparrow species. Among the highlights were Bachman's
Sparrow (Ft. Campbell), Henslow's Sparrow (Ft. Campbell), Grasshopper Sparrow
(Ft. Campbell), Glossy Ibis (Duck River), Sora (Duck River), and White-rumped
Sandpiper (Duck River). Additionally, participants on the Mound Bottoms walk
were treated to a young Woodcock, while those on the park's Lake Loop on Sunday
got up close looks at a Great Horned Owl.
Thanks to all the field trip leaders and participants for making the weekend
excursions memorable and productive!
Tony Lance
TOS 100-year Anniversary Meeting Species list:
Canada Goose
Wood Duck
Mallard
Blue-winged Teal
Northern Shoveler
Northern Bobwhite
Wild Turkey
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Green Heron
Glossy Ibis
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
Osprey
Mississippi Kite
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Copper’s Hawk
Bald Eagle
Red-shouldered Hawk
Broad-winged Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Sora
American Coot
American Golden-Plover
Semipalmated Plover
Killdeer
Spotted Sandpiper
Solitary Sandpiper
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs
Least Sandpiper
White-rumped Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
American Woodcock
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Barred Owl
Great Horned Owl
Chimney Swift
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Red-headed Woodpecker
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Pileated Woodpecker
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Acadian Flycatcher
Willow Flycatcher
Eastern Phoebe
Great Crested Flycatcher
Eastern Kingbird
White-eyed Vireo
Yellow-throated Vireo
Blue-headed Vireo
Warbling Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Blue Jay
American Crow
Horned Lark
Tree Swallow
Barn Swallow
Cliff Swallow
Carolina Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
White-breasted Nuthatch
Carolina Wren
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Eastern Bluebird
Veery
Gray-cheeked Thrush
Swainson's Thrush
Wood Thrush
American Robin
Gray Catbird
Brown Thrasher
Northern Mockingbird
European Starling
Ovenbird
Worm-eating Warbler
Louisiana Waterthrush
Northern Waterthrush
Blue-winged Warbler
Golden-winged Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
Prothonotary Warbler
Tennessee Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Kentucky Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Hooded Warbler
Cerulean Warbler
Northern Parula
Bay-breasted Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Palm Warbler
Pine Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Yellow-throated Warbler
Prairie Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Yellow-breasted Chat
Eastern Towhee
Bachman’s Sparrow
Chipping Sparrow
Field Sparrow
Lark Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
Grasshopper Sparrow
Henslow’s Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Summer Tanager
Scarlet Tanager
Northern Cardinal
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Blue Grosbeak
Indigo Bunting
Dickcissel
Bobolink
Red-winged Blackbird
Eastern Meadowlark
Common Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird
Orchard Oriole
House Finch
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow
