July 16, 2016
Four NTOS members met at Peeler Park, Madison, Davidson County TN for our NTOS July 16th Field Trip. Weather was very pleasant for mid-July. It was mostly cloudy, 78°f, with a bit of spitting rain towards the end of the hike. We saw and heard 34 species (listed below). I counted the birds at the last curve of the road before Peeler Park where there is a horse field. A good time was had by all.
Species seen include:
Mallard
Double-Crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Cattle Egret
Black Vulture
Cooper’s Hawk
Killdeer
Morning Dove
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Chimney Swift
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downey Woodpecker
Eastern Wood Pewee
Acadian Flycatcher
Eastern Kingbird
White-eyed Vireo
Red-Eyed Vireo
Blue Jay
American Crow
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Purple Martin
Barn Swallow
Carolina Chickadee
Carolina Wren
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Eastern Bluebird
American Robin
Brown Thrasher
European Starling
Yellow-throated Warbler
Summer Tanager
Indigo Bunting
Common Grackle
Orchard Oriole
Other species of interest: Tree Frog, Banded Water Snake, White-tailed Deer
Next month, I hope you will join us for a trip to Edgar Evins State Park on August 20th.
Tarcila Fox
