Saturday, August 23, 2014

Radnor Lake State Natural Area, Davidson County
Aug. 8, 2014

Despite the humid weather throughout the trip, eleven birders attended today's walk at Radnor Lake. A total of 32 species were observed (list below), and we had several interesting sightings - most notably an early male Black-throated Green Warbler singing pitifully on the Lake Trail just past the construction area where the old platform once was. Our group had wonderful looks at a male Summer Tanager, two noisy Eastern Phoebes (one adult; one juvenile), and four fly-over Double-crested Cormorants on the Spillway as well. Thank you to all who participated, and we hope to see everyone at next month's field trip!

32 species

Wood Duck - 4
Double-crested Cormorant - 4
Great Blue Heron - 2
Green Heron - 1
Yellow-billed Cuckoo - 1
Chimney Swift - 3
Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 3
Red-headed Woodpecker - 1 (Heard)
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 4
Downy Woodpecker - 3
Pileated Woodpecker - 2
Eastern Wood-Pewee - 6
Eastern Phoebe - 2
Great Crested Flycatcher - 2
empidonax sp. - 1
White-eyed Vireo - 2
Red-eyed Vireo - 1
Blue Jay - 5
American Crow - 3
Purple Martin - 4
Carolina Chickadee - 9
Tufted Titmouse - 11
White-breasted Nuthatch - 6
Carolina Wren - 15
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 2
Eastern Bluebird - 11
American Robin - 5
Black-throated Green Warbler - 1
Eastern Towhee - 1
Summer Tanager - 1
Northern Cardinal - 7
American Goldfinch - 6


Chloe Walker - NTOS Field Trip Coordinator