Shelby Park and Bottoms (Nashville), Davidson Co., US-TN
Sep 17, 2011 7:00 AM - 11:15 AM3.5+ miles
The Fall Flock outing of the Nashville Chapter of the Tenn. Ornithological Society was held at Shelby Park and Bottoms on Saturday morning. It was attended by 19 birders who enjoyed both the good weather conditions and several nice mixed flocks of warblers. After walking first around Mission Hill the group descended into Shelby Bottoms for a more extended walk along the paved trail and various grassy side walks.
Highlights on the hill included 1 YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER and a WILSON'S WARBLER, while the Bottoms produced a nice variety of warblers, 11 species in total, and 3 flyover CASPIAN TERNs.
55 species (+1 other taxa)
Canada Goose 3
Mallard 4Great Blue Heron 2
Green Heron 1
Turkey Vulture 2
Cooper's Hawk 1
American Kestral 1
Caspian Tern 3
Mourning Dove 1
Chimney Swift 14
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 6
Belted Kingfisher 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 2
Downy Woodpecker 4
Northern Flicker 2
Eastern Wood-Pewee 4
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher 1
Eastern Phoebe 1
Empidonax sp. 1
White-eyed Vireo 9
Philadelphia Vireo 1
Red-eyed Vireo 3
Blue Jay 9
American Crow 3
Carolina Chickadee 8
Tufted Titmouse 4
White-breasted Nuthatch 3
Carolina Wren 7
House Wren 1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 4
Eastern Bluebird 4
Swainson's Thrush 1
American Robin 9
Gray Catbird 3
Northern Mockingbird 4
Brown Thrasher 11
European Starling 6
Blue-winged Warbler 2
Tennessee Warbler 3
Nashville Warbler 2
American Redstart 9
Northern Parula 2
Magnolia Warbler 12
Yellow Warbler 2
Chestnut-sided Warbler 3
Black-and-white Warbler 1
Black-throated Green Warbler 2
Wilson's Warbler 3
Eastern Towhee 2
Field Sparrow 2
Summer Tanager 1
Northern Cardinal 15
Indigo Bunting 2
Common Grackle 5
House Finch 6
American Goldfinch 5
Frank Fekel
NTOS Field Trip Chairperson
Brown Thrasher
