Bells Bend Park, Davison County
Oct. 18, 2014

Fourteen birders attended today's walk at Bells Bend. Although it was quite chilly and a bit foggy to start, the weather was perfect by the time we finished. One of the first birds we saw this morning was a Marsh Wren at the second intersection in the paths. A little further down, we flushed a fairly large group of House Finches, and among them was one leucistic/albino bird. Likely the biggest surprise of the day were 20+ Pine Siskins in multiple groups throughout the Bend. Finally, four Bald Eagles put on a fantastic display, calling and soaring overhead. Thank you to all who participated! A checklist is below.

51 species

Canada Goose - x (heard) Mallard - 44 Black Vulture - 10 Turkey Vulture - 3 Bald Eagle - 4 Cooper's Hawk - 1 Broad-winged Hawk - 1 Red-tailed Hawk - 2 American Kestrel - 1 Killdeer - 7 Mourning Dove - 2 Belted Kingfisher - 1 Red-bellied Woodpecker - 8 Downy Woodpecker - 3 Hairy Woodpecker - 2 Northern Flicker - 15 Blue Jay - 30 American Crow - 2 Carolina Chickadee - 9 Tufted Titmouse - 1 Carolina Wren - 5 Marsh Wren - 1 Ruby -crowned Kinglet - 2 Eastern Bluebird - 8 American Robin - 75 Gray Catbird - 3

Northern Mockingbird - 11 Brown Thrasher - 9 European Starling - 20 Tennessee Warbler - 5 Common Yellowthroat - 7 Magnolia Warbler - 1 Palm Warbler - 4 Yellow-rumped Warbler - 8 Black-throated Green Warbler - 1 Eastern Towhee - 18 Field Sparrow - 13 Fox Sparrow - 3 Song Sparrow - 10 Swamp Sparrow - 18 White-throated Sparrow - 9 White-crowned Sparrow - 3 Dark-eyed Junco - 1 Northern Cardinal - 12 Indigo Bunting - 1 Red-winged Blackbird - 15 Eastern Meadowlark - 4 Brown-headed Cowbird - 4 House Finch - 35 Pine Siskin - 20+ American Goldfinch - 10

Chloe Walker
NTOS Field Trip Corrdinator

Radnor Lake State Natural Area
Oct. 8, 2014

The storms that moved through the Nashville area overnight had cleared by morning resulting in some good birding for the NTOS Wednesday morning walk.

We totaled 42 species, including 13 warbler species. The unexpected warbler species present were: WILSON'S WARBLER, ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER and OVENBIRD. The group also got good looks at a male SUMMER TANAGER.

There was a group of ducks on the late, but the distance and the lighting made a positive identification difficult.

Species observed:

Canada Goose  20 Wood Duck  6 Wild Turkey  8 Pied-billed Grebe  7 Great Blue Heron  3 Cooper's Hawk  1 Red-tailed Hawk  1 Chimney Swift  100 Red-bellied Woodpecker  6 Downy Woodpecker  4 Pileated Woodpecker  1 Eastern Wood-Pewee  2 Eastern Phoebe  2 White-eyed Vireo  1 Blue Jay  6 American Crow  1 Carolina Chickadee  8 Tufted Titmouse  12 White-breasted Nuthatch  3 Carolina Wren  10 Eastern Bluebird  1

Swainson's Thrush  2 American Robin  7 Gray Catbird  1 Cedar Waxwing  14 Ovenbird  1 Black-and-white Warbler  2 Tennessee Warbler  6 Orange-crowned Warbler  1 American Redstart  4 Northern Parula  3 Magnolia Warbler  19 Bay-breasted Warbler  3 Chestnut-sided Warbler  3 Palm Warbler  2 Yellow-rumped Warbler  16 Black-throated Green Warbler  10 Wilson's Warbler 1 Summer Tanager  1 Northern Cardinal  10 Rose-breasted Grosbeak  1 American Goldfinch  4

Kevin Bowden

Radnor Lake State Natural Area
Oct. 1, 2014

21 birders enjoyed the fourth Radnor Walk of Fall 2014 on a beautiful day. Highlights of the 35 species seen and heard were male Black-throated Blue Warbler and Solitary Sandpiper. Magnolia Warbler continued to be the most numerous Warbler species.

Leader: Danny Shelton

Wood Duck 8 Wild Turkey 13 Pied-billed Grebe 1 Great Blue Heron 2 Black Vulture 5 Solitary Sandpiper 1 Chimney Swift 50+ Red-bellied Woodpecker 6 Downy Woodpecker 6 Hairy Woodpecker 1 Northern Flicker 2 Pileated Woodpecker 1 Eastern Phoebe 2 White-eyed Vireo 1 Philadelphia Vireo 1 Blue Jay 5 American Crow 4 Carolina Chickadee 8

Tufted Titmouse 7 White-breasted Nuthatch 2 Carolina Wren 5 Eastern Bluebird 1 American Robin 3 Cedar Waxwing 40+ Black and White Warber 2 Tennessee Warber 2 Common Yellowthroat 1 Northern Parula 1 Magnolia Warbler 14+ Bay-breasted Warbler 1 Black-throated Blue Warbler 1 Palm Warbler 1 Black-throated Green Warbler 1 Northern Cardinal 10+ Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1

Kevin Bowden