Radnor Lake
State Natural Area
Nashville-Davidson
Co. TNMay 8, 2013
Highlights
of today's NTOS-sponsored Wednesday Walk at Radnor Lake included great looks at
an OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER, perching for over 10 minutes in the top branches of
a bare tree by the house and spillway as well as a reasonably cooperative
WILSON'S WARBLER at the spillway. A brilliant male REDSTART was seen in the
same area. The total warbler species count was 15. A few hardy birders remained
with the group for a complete circle of the lake where they got nice looks at
both SCARLET and SUMMER TANAGER, a good look at a singing LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSH
and a brief look at a RED-HEADED WOODPECKER. Although a rarity a Radnor, the
latter species has been seen regularly this spring leading to speculation that
a nesting attempt may be underway.
Below is a
tally of today's observations:
59 species
Canada Goose 2
Wood Duck 3Mallard 2 Wild Turkey 3 Great Blue Heron 1 Turkey Vulture 2 Red-tailed Hawk 1 Spotted Sandpiper 2 Yellow-billed Cuckoo 1 Barred Owl 1 Chimney Swift 5 Ruby-throated Hummingbird 2 Red-headed Woodpecker 1 Red-bellied Woodpecker 5 Downy Woodpecker 6 Pileated Woodpecker 3 Olive-sided Flycatcher 1 Eastern Wood-Pewee 1 Acadian Flycatcher 5 Eastern Phoebe 3 Great Crested Flycatcher 3 White-eyed Vireo 2 Red-eyed Vireo 8 Blue Jay 4 Northern Rough-winged Swallow 10 Barn Swallow 3 Carolina Chickadee 12 Tufted Titmouse 13 White-breasted Nuthatch 1 |
Carolina Wren 11 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 7 Eastern Bluebird 1 Swainson's Thrush 6 Wood Thrush 3 European Starling 3 Cedar Waxwing 9 Louisiana Waterthrush 2 Prothonotary Warbler 2 Tennessee Warbler 5 Nashville Warbler 1 Kentucky Warbler 1 American Redstart 1 Northern Parula 1 Magnolia Warbler 1 Yellow Warbler 1 Blackpoll Warbler 3 Palm Warbler 3 Yellow-rumped Warbler 11 Yellow-throated Warbler 2 Black-throated Green Warbler 2 Wilson's Warbler 1 Field Sparrow 1 White-throated Sparrow 1 Summer Tanager 7 Scarlet Tanager 2 Northern Cardinal 11 Rose-breasted Grosbeak 4 Indigo Bunting 2 American Goldfinch 1 |
Kevin Bowden
