Thursday, October 8, 2015

Radnor Lake State Natural Area
Nashville-Davidson Co. TN
October 7, 2015

This morning during the NTOS Radnor Walk, sixteen enthusiastic birders enjoyed fabulous weather and a healthy variety of birds. We also enjoyed the company of Ken Tucker and camera crew from Tennessee Wildside who completed their video work (which they started at the spring meeting) on an upcoming episode highlighting TOS. We are expecting the episode to be aired around Thanksgiving depending on where you live, so stay tuned.

Highlights included 47 species and 1 taxa:

Canada Goose - 3
Wood Duck - 14
Mallard - 1
Wild Turkey -6
DC Cormorant -2
Great Blue Heron -2
Black Vulture -12
Broad-winged Hawk -1
Red -tailed Hawk -1
Yellow-billed Cuckoo -1
Chimney Swift -20
Ruby-throated Hummingbird -1
Belted Kingfisher -1
Red-bellied Woodpecker -13
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker -2
Downy Woodpecker -5
Hairy Woodpecker -1
Northern Flicker -1
Pleated Woodpecker -1
Eastern Pewee -4
Empid -1
Eastern Phoebe -3
White-eyed Vireo -1
Philadelphia Vireo -3
Red-eyed Vireo -1
Blue Jay-8
American Crow -2
Carolina Chickadee -24
Tufted Titmouse -17
White-breasted Nuthatch -5
Carolina Wren - 9
Golden-crowned  Kinglet -1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet -1
Gray -cheeked Thrush -1
American Robin -1
Gray  Catbird -1
Cedar Waxwing -15
Black and White Warbler -3
Tennessee Warbler -4
American Redstart-1
Magnolia Warbler -9
Bay-breasted Warbler -5
Blackburnian Warbler -1
Chestnut -sided Warbler -3
Yellow-rumpled Warbler -7
Black -throated Green Warbler -5
Summer Tanager -1
Northern Cardinal -11



Thanks to all who came out today. It was a wonderful time!

Steve Routledge