[TN-Bird] Termites at Beaman Park (Davidson Co.)

From: Beaman Park Nature Center <beamanpark@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 31 Mar 2012 16:37:17 +0000
In yet another sign of our unusually early spring, we just had an impressive 
termite emergence in the woods here at Beaman Park Nature Center. For a few 
minutes there were thousands of them flying around. It's too bad there weren't 
more migrants here to take advantage of the bounty; the termites encountered no 
feathered predators to speak of. I've had some of my most memorable looks at 
birds by watching them feast on termites as they take to the air for their 
nuptial flights. (I remember one day in particular seeing Cape May and 
Blackburnian Warblers just a few feet off the ground catching these insects as 
they came out of the ground.) But that was always in late April and May, not 
March.

Tony Lance

Beaman Park Nature Center
5911 Old Hickory Blvd.
Ashland City , TN 37015
(615) 862-8580

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[TN-Bird] Termites at Beaman Park (Davidson Co.)

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