[TN-Bird] White Pelicans, Rough-winged Swallow - Sumner and Davidson Co.
- From: JanKShaw@xxxxxxx
- To: tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, mlbierly@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 2 Mar 2008 18:28:35 EST
3-2-08
Old Hickory Lake in Davidson and Sumner counties
clay target club in Davidson Co.
With this balmy weather, I decided to check out Old Hickory Lake today.
Starting at Snow Bunting Peninsula across from the dam off Burnett Rd. in
Davidson Co., there were 3 BONAPARTE'S GULLS among the 1000+ Ring-billed
Gulls.
Other species there included Horned Grebe, Pied-billed Grebe, lots of coots,
Bufflehead, Mallard, Ruddy Duck, Canada Goose, Bufflehead, Lesser Scaup, and
Killdeer. Just below the dam, I walked the nature trail and had 11 PINE
WARBLERS and 2 CHIPPING SPARROWS all singing, which gave a good song
comparison.
Driving down Sanders Ferry Rd. in Sumner Co., I spotted a heronry on an
island in Drakes Creek near Drakes Creek Marina. While counting all of the
nests
and birds, I suddenly noticed there were 3 AMERICAN WHITE PELICANS in the
water just below the heronry. Distracted by the herons and an interested
passerby, I counted approximately 176 nests, with 120 Great Blue Herons and 66
Double-crested Cormorants either on the nests or nearby. In Sanders Ferry
Park,
there is another island off of Shelter #8 which had 2 nests and 1 GBHE. At
lock 3 access off of Walton Ferry Rd., another island had 23 nests but no
birds. I was surprised that there were no loons today at Old Hickory Lake.
On my way home I stopped off at Cleeces Ferry Rd. but the Whooping Cranes
were NOT there. I don't think they've been seen for over a week now. I
checked out another GBHE rookery off of Briley Pkwy along the Cumberland
River.
This is best seen from the clay target club off of Hospital Rd. With the
afternoon sun in my eyes, and shot gun blasts going off, I counted 60 nests
and 78
GBHE. There was also 1 Red-tailed Hawk nest just above the heronry, with
one on the nest and another nearby. As I was leaving, a lone ROUGH-WINGED
SWALLOW flew over and called. This is an early date for the Nashville Area
for
that species. The previous date was March 13, 2003 I believe.
It was a great day to be out.
Jan Shaw
Nashville, TN
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