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

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

Radnor Lake State Natural Area, Davidson County
Aug. 8, 2014

Despite the humid weather throughout the trip, eleven birders attended today's walk at Radnor Lake. A total of 32 species were observed (list below), and we had several interesting sightings - most notably an early male Black-throated Green Warbler singing pitifully on the Lake Trail just past the construction area where the old platform once was. Our group had wonderful looks at a male Summer Tanager, two noisy Eastern Phoebes (one adult; one juvenile), and four fly-over Double-crested Cormorants on the Spillway as well. Thank you to all who participated, and we hope to see everyone at next month's field trip!

32 species

Wood Duck - 4 Double-crested Cormorant - 4 Great Blue Heron - 2 Green Heron - 1 Yellow-billed Cuckoo - 1 Chimney Swift - 3 Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 3 Red-headed Woodpecker - 1 (Heard) Red-bellied Woodpecker - 4 Downy Woodpecker - 3 Pileated Woodpecker - 2 Eastern Wood-Pewee - 6 Eastern Phoebe - 2 Great Crested Flycatcher - 2 empidonax sp. - 1 White-eyed Vireo - 2

Red-eyed Vireo - 1 Blue Jay - 5 American Crow - 3 Purple Martin - 4 Carolina Chickadee - 9 Tufted Titmouse - 11 White-breasted Nuthatch - 6 Carolina Wren - 15 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 2 Eastern Bluebird - 11 American Robin - 5 Black-throated Green Warbler - 1 Eastern Towhee - 1 Summer Tanager - 1 Northern Cardinal - 7 American Goldfinch - 6

Chloe Walker - NTOS Field Trip Coordinator