Great Birding Weekend--5 Lifers!

Our pastor announced a birding trip to Radnor Lake (on the south side of Nashville) for Sabbath afternoon. M and I decided to go--got there a few minutes late (had to do medicine with Mr. M before leaving) but caught up with the pastor, his wife, and one of the academy staff shortly down the trail.



I wasn't able to get pictures of the birds we saw--most were either too far away or hiding in and out of leaves--but will link to pics for anyone without a field guide.



We'd only gone a short way down the trail when we saw a Swainson's Thrush. We continued down the trail and crossed the bridge over a small dam to a Ranger's house. Looking up into the trees around the house, we saw many warblers--5 of which were lifers for me.



We saw the following birds from the areas around the Ranger's house (which looked out over the lake):
Chestnut-sided Warbler* lifer

Blackburnian Warbler* lifer

Prothonotary Warbler

Chimney Swift

Blackpoll Warbler *lifer

Gray Catbird

Wood Duck

Rough-winged Swallow

Red-eyed Vireo

Magnolia Warbler

Black-throated Green Warbler* lifer

Belted Kingfisher

American Redstart

Bald Eagle

Bay-breasted Warbler*lifer

Scarlet Tanager (actually on the trail back to the parking lot)

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher

Plus, there were more common birds such as the Canada Goose, Tufted Titmouse, and Downy Woodpecker.