Radnor Lake State Natural Area
Sep. 24, 2014

32 birders enjoyed a gorgeous morning birding Radnor Lake today. 46 species and one taxa including 14 warblers were seen. Among the highlights : the elusive Black-throated Blue, one Hooded Warbler, several Magnolia Warblers, a lone sighting of an Orange-crowned warbler, and several American Redstarts. Below is the cumulative list:

Wood Duck - 12 Mallard - 1 Blue-winged Teal - 3 Wild Turkey -10 Great Blue Heron -2 Green Heron -1 Barred Owl-1 Chimney Swift -42 (conservative) Ruby-throated Hummingbird -2 Belted Kingfisher -1 Red-bellied Woodpecker-7 Downy Woodpecker-6 Northern Flicker-1 Pileated Woodpecker-1 Eastern Wood Pewee-8 Empidonax species -1 White-eyed Vireo-2 Red-eyed Vireo-1 Blue Jay-15 American Crow -10 Carolina Chickadee -15 Tufted Titmouse -9 White-breasted Nuthatch -4 Carolina Wren -9

Swainson's Thrush -1 Wood Thrush -1 American Robin -9 Cedar Waxwing - 47 Northern Waterthrush -1 Blue-winged Warbler -1 Black and White Warbler -2 Tennessee Warbler -9 Orange-crowned Warbler -1 Nashvile Warbler -4 Hooded Warbler -1 American Redstart -23 Northern Parula -3 Magnolia Warbler-17 Bay-breasted Warbler -3 Yellow Warbler -2 Chestnut-sided Warbler -1 Black-throated Blue Warbler -1 Black-throated Green Warbler -8 Summer Tanager -3 Northern Cardinal -11 Rose-breasted Grosbeak -3 American Goldfinch -3

Steve Routledge

Shelby Park, Davidson County
9/20/2014

Today's field trip to Shelby Park and Bottoms was pleasant, with wonderful weather and nice birding. Fourteen birders participated in the walk, and we observed forty-one species. Magnolia Warblers and American Redstarts were extremely abundant, seeming to be at nearly every corner. A Least Flycatcher perched briefly on a low branch provided the first empidonax challenge of the day. Finally, we had simply fantastic looks at a Philadelphia Vireo (a great spot by Joshua Stevenson!) at Mission Hill. A huge thank you to NTOS member Frank Fekel for leading the trip! A complete species list is below:

41 species (+1 taxa.)

Mallard - x Turkey Vulture - 3 Killdeer - 1 Mourning Dove - 4 Yellow-billed Cuckoo - 1 Chimney Swift - x Ruby-throated Hummingbird = 4 Red-bellied Woodpecker - 2 Northern Flicker - 2 Hairy Woodpecker - 1 Downy Woodpecker - 2 Eastern Wood-Pewee - 3 Acadian Flycatcher - 1 Least Flycatcher - 1 Empidonax sp. - 1 White-eyed Vireo - 5 Philadelphia Vireo - 1 American Crow - 3 Blue Jay - 3 Carolina Chickadee - 14 Tufted Titmouse - 8

White-breasted Nuthatch - 1 House Wren - 1 Carolina Wren - 6 Eastern Bluebird - 7 American Robin - 100+ Swainson's Thrush - 1 Gray Catbird - 3 Brown Thrasher - 12 Northern Mockingbird - 4 European Starling - 175+ Yellow Warbler - 1 Common Yellowthroat - 1 American Redstart - 13 Magnolia Warbler - 15 Wilson's Warbler - 2 Eastern Towhee - 1 Northern Cardinal - 6 Indigo Bunting - 5 Common Grackle - 14 House Finch - 4 American Goldfinch - 8

Chloe Walker
NTOS Field Trip Coordinator

Radnor Lake State Natural Area
Sep 10, 2014

Slow birding this morning for the first NTOS Wednesday bird walk for this fall, with just 6 species of warblers tallied. Sixteen people enjoyed the breezy conditions, and what birds were around. Our best small flock was in the big timber along the lake trail between the old lake platform and the long bridge. The Wilson's warbler was seen at the point by the spillway.

34 species

Double-crested Cormorant  1 Great Blue Heron  2 Green Heron  1 Turkey Vulture  6 Cooper's Hawk  1 Red-tailed Hawk  1 Chimney Swift  1 Ruby-throated Hummingbird  2 Red-bellied Woodpecker  4 Downy Woodpecker  4 Pileated Woodpecker  1 Eastern Wood-Pewee  4 Acadian Flycatcher  1 Empidonax sp.  1 Eastern Phoebe  1 White-eyed Vireo  1 Red-eyed Vireo  1 Blue Jay  1

American Crow  8 Carolina Chickadee  8 Tufted Titmouse  2 White-breasted Nuthatch  1 Carolina Wren  10 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  2 Swainson's Thrush  1 American Robin  8 Cedar Waxwing  20 Black-and-white Warbler  1 American Redstart  1 Northern Parula  1 Magnolia Warbler  1 Black-throated Green Warbler  2 Wilson's Warbler  1 Northern Cardinal  6 American Goldfinch  3

Richard Connors