Nashville-Davidson Co. TN
October 5, 2011
We
experienced another good day at Randor Lake for the NTOS-sponsored Wednesday
Walk. The weather was splendid, and the birds provided a steady presence in
both species and numbers.
Highlights
included an immature RED-TAILED HAWK that flew right over us, landing in a
branch a short distance from the group. We observed eleven Warbler species.
YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS, which had been missing until this week, made up for
their previous absence by their numbers. However, in sheer volume, MAGNOLIA
WARBLERS were the winners. A NASHVILLE WARBLER cooperated very nicely in the
willows at the Spillway and just as the group had almost returned to the
parking lot, we spied an OVENBIRD in plain view walking along the ground.
A fall first
for us was a WHITE-THROATED SPARROW, an indication that migration is well
underway, whereas the numerous CHIMNEY SWIFTS flying overhead were a sign that
the waning summer is not completely gone.
Here's a list
of what we observed:
43 species
(+2 other taxa)
Canada
Goose 2
Wood
Duck 16Double-crested Cormorant 2
Great Blue Heron 2
Black Vulture 2
Accipiter sp. 1
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Chimney Swift 120
Belted Kingfisher 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 3
Downy Woodpecker 4
Northern Flicker 1
Pileated Woodpecker 2
Eastern Wood-Pewee 1
Empidonax sp. 1
Eastern Phoebe 2
Philadelphia Vireo 4
Red-eyed Vireo 2
Blue Jay 12
American Crow 1
Carolina Chickadee 7
Tufted Titmouse 3
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
Carolina Wren 7
Eastern Bluebird 3
Swainson's Thrush 3
American Robin 3
Gray Catbird 2
Cedar Waxwing 13
Ovenbird 1
Black-and-white Warbler 3
Tennessee Warbler 4
Nashville Warbler 4
Common Yellowthroat 1
American Redstart 6
Magnolia Warbler 16
Bay-breasted Warbler 3
Chestnut-sided Warbler 2
Yellow-rumped Warbler 11
Black-throated Green Warbler 12
Eastern Towhee 3
White-throated Sparrow 1
Northern Cardinal 6
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1
Indigo Bunting 1
Kevin Bowden
Great Blue Heron
