Radnor Lake
State Natural Area
Nashville-Davidson
County, TNApril 10, 2013
Nineteen
birders attended the the NTOS-sponsored walk at Radnor Lake this morning. From
the parking lot onward it was busy; so much so that we made it only to the
spillway by 9:30 and thus we decided to take the normally-not-taken path down
along the creek back towards the Visitor's Center. Several warblers were
highlights including a CERULEAN WARBLER seen out in the open flitting around in
the branches near the spillway. Also in the spillway ravine was a HOODED
WARBLER that moved low and slow, popping into the open several times for us to
have great looks. Along side the HOODED was a PRAIRIE WARBLER that was almost
as cooperative. A PALM WARBLER caught a large insect after a bit of a chase and
then posed for the group. A NORTHERN PARULA sang and flitted overhead on the
path leading back to the Visitor's Center. Also by the spillway was an
unusually brightly colored singing WHITE-EYED VIREO. A YELLOW-THROATED VIREO
was seen earlier along the dam itself. YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS in every
imaginable plumage were very abundant. A BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLER stayed at
almost eye level along the dam, but only for a few warbler seconds. The
YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER was the least cooperative of all the warblers this
morning. He sang, but only a few of us got minimal looks from a great distance.
In the skies
overhead was a large group of DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANTS flying north and two
NORTHERN HARRIERS, the latter not usually seen at Radnor.
A great
first walk for Spring 2013. Below is a list of species observed:
52 species
| Canada Goose 3 Wood Duck 5 Mallard 5 Bufflehead 1 Double-crested Cormorant 35 Great Blue Heron 2 Black Vulture 1 Turkey Vulture 2 Northern Harrier 2 Cooper's Hawk 1 Red-tailed Hawk 2 American Coot 1 Mourning Dove 2 Red-bellied Woodpecker 6 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1 Downy Woodpecker 4 Pileated Woodpecker 3 Eastern Phoebe 3 White-eyed Vireo 1 Yellow-throated Vireo 1 Blue-headed Vireo 1 Blue Jay 3 American Crow 1 Northern Rough-winged Swallow 2 Barn Swallow 2 Carolina Chickadee 13 |
Tufted Titmouse 11 White-breasted Nuthatch 4 Carolina Wren 7 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 12 Golden-crowned Kinglet 1 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 7 Eastern Bluebird 5 Hermit Thrush 1 American Robin 2 Brown Thrasher 1 Hooded Warbler 1 Cerulean Warbler 1 on the spillway seen clearly Northern Parula 3 Palm Warbler 1 Yellow-rumped Warbler 35 Yellow-throated Warbler 1 Prairie Warbler 1 Black-throated Green Warbler 2 Field Sparrow 1 Song Sparrow 1 White-throated Sparrow 8 Dark-eyed Junco 1 Northern Cardinal 10 Red-winged Blackbird 5 Brown-headed Cowbird 6 American Goldfinch 5 |
Kevin Bowden
