Sunday, September 13, 2015

Bells Bend Park
Davidson County, TN
September 12, 2015

What a beautiful and pleasantly chilly morning! Ten smiling birders met at the Bell’s Bend Nature Center. We had two brand new birders with us, a nine year-old and her mom who seemed to thoroughly enjoy the whole experience. The group decided to take the trails behind the nature center first and to try the sod farms later. The cool temps and light wind were refreshing. We saw 41 species (listed below), if we count a dead Ovenbird that was found on the road this morning by one of the birders. Highlights were a Yellow-billed Cuckoo, a Bald Eagle, and a Great Egret. Thanks to everyone who participated!


Pied-billed Grebe
Great Egret
Great Blue Heron
Bald Eagle
Cooper’s Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
American Kestrel
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
Killdeer
Tern (species)
Mourning Dove
Yellow Billed Cuckoo
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Hairy Woodpecker
Pileated Woodpecker
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Least Flycatcher
Eastern Phoebe
Eastern Wood Pewee
American Crow
Blue Jay
Carolina Chickadee
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Eastern Bluebird
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
Brown Thrasher
Cedar Waxwing
Philadelphia Vireo
White-eyed Vireo
Ovenbird (dead)
American Redstart
Black and White Warbler
Magnolia Warbler
Orange-crowned Warbler
Palm Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Eastern Towhee
Field Sparrow
Bobolink
American Goldfinch


Tarcila Fox
NTOS Field Trip Coordinator