Tennessee (Statewide) RBA
April 13, 1999
Date: Wed, 14 Apr 1999 04:18:39 -0500
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From: Paul Hertzel <phertzel@MAIL.UTM.EDU>
Subject: Tennessee Birdline 4/13/99
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- RBA
* Tennessee
* Statewide
* 1999, April 13
* TNTN9904.13
- Birds Mentioned
Boat-tailed Grackle *possible
Common Loon
American White Pelican
Double-crested Cormorant
Anhinga
American Bittern
Yellow-crowned Night Heron
Hooded Merganser
Red-breasted Merganser
King Rail
Stilt Sandpiper
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs
Solitary Sandpiper
Semipalmated Plover
Ruff
Osprey
Golden Eagle
Bald Eagle
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Cooper's Hawk
Red-shouldered Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Broad-winged Hawk
American Kestrel
Merlin
Eurasian Collared Dove
Rufous Hummingbird
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Cliff Swallow
Yellow-throated Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Warbling Vireo
Wood Thrush
Blackpoll Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Cerulean Warbler
Hooded Warbler
Magnolia Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Northern Waterthrush
Prairie Warbler
Tennessee Warbler
Worm-eating Warbler
Yellow-breasted Chat
Scarlet Tanager
Bachman's Sparrow
Harris's Sparrow
Orchard Oriole
-Transcript
sponsor: Wood Thrush Shop, Nashville, TN., in cooperation
with the Tennessee Ornithological Society
RBA phone #: (615) 356-7636
compiler: Chris Sloan (chris.sloan@vanderbilt.edu)
transcribers: Chris Sloan, Paul Hertzel (phertzel@utm.edu)
remarks: The following is an edited version of the script
used by the compiler.
Hello, this is Chris Sloan and the BirdLine, sponsored by The Wood
Thrush Shop in Nashville and in Franklin, and the Nashville Chapter
of TOS. Bird Report 9, April 13th, 10:00 PM. You may press # at any
time to leave a message, or you can email your reports to me at
chris.sloan@vanderbilt.edu. If you would like to receive email updates
of this report, email me at that same address. For all your wild bird
supplies, call the Wood Thrush Shop in Nashville at 356-7640 and in
Franklin at 595-6327.
The Wood Thrush Shop has recently expanded to include a full line of
Leica optics, now in stock. Call the shop for details.
A possible BOAT-TAILED GRACKLE was seen and heard on April 9th in Cove
Lake State Park in Campbell County. If confirmed, this would constitute a
first state record. At this time I do not know of any attempts to
relocate this bird, so if you have any such knowledge please leave me a
message.
Another surprise rarity on April 10th was an alternate plumaged REEVE
at the Ensley Pits in Memphis. In recent years, this rare Eurasian
species has been found about once or twice a year in this area. A
migrating MERLIN also put in a brief appearance at the pits
that day.
An observer at AEDC's Sinking Pond was surprised on April 9th to look
up and see a male ANHINGA flying over. While this species is regular
along the Mississippi River, there are almost no records of this species
from other parts of the state.
As is expected this time of year, more and more migrants are arriving
daily. Here is a chronological list of recent first arrivals: April
7th: NASHVILLE WARBLER at the Warner Parks and WOOD THRUSH near Pegram.
April 8th: BLACKPOLL and PRAIRIE WARBLERS at the Warner Parks; RED-EYED
VIREO and 2 NORTHERN WATERTHRUSHES at Radnor Lake; HOODED and WORM-EATING
WARBLERS at Sharp's Ridge in Knoxville; and a BACHMAN'S SPARROW back at
its usual AEDC site near Tullahoma. April 10th: TENNESSEE WARBLER and
YELLOW-THROATED VIREO at Radnor Lake and CLIFF SWALLOW at White's
Lake in Dyer County. April 11th: 7 SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS, 1 STILT
SANDPIPER, and 1 WARBLING VIREO along Great River Road. April 12th: 4
CERULEAN WARBLERS and a YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT along the Natchez Trace
Parkway in Williamson County. April 13th: BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER at AEDC; 1
SCARLET TANAGER and 3 ORCHARD ORIOLES at Radnor Lake; and a MAGNOLIA
WARBLER in a Nashville yard.
On April 8th, Radnor Lake hosted a female HOODED MERGANSER. On the 9th,
the lake hosted 2 BROAD-WINGED HAWKS near the old nest site across from
the dam road, in addition to 6 species of warblers. On the 10th, an
OSPREY and a female RED-BREASTED MERGANSER were present.
An AMERICAN BITTERN was feeding around the shorebird pond at Shelby
Bottoms on April 11th and 12th. Additionally, both YELLOWLEGS, a
SOLITARY SANDPIPER, and a YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT HERON have been seen.
On April 10th, in addition to the aforementioned Cliff Swallow, White's
Lake hosted an impressive 2500+ DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANTS and 1000
WHITE PELICANS. Nearby, a KING RAIL was seen at Black Bayou.
If you'll recall, in the last report I mentioned that an observer found
4 EURASIAN COLLARED-DOVES while playing golf in Murfreesboro. Well, in
the strange coincidence department, on April 10th another observer
found a single EURASIAN COLLARED-DOVE while playing golf at Pine Creek
Golf Course in Mount Juliet. Keep an eye out for this rapidly expanding
species.
The Soddy Mountain Hawkwatch near Chattanooga enjoyed one of its best
spring days on April 11th, when 9 species of raptors passed over,
including 1 adult GOLDEN EAGLE, 1 adult BALD EAGLE, 167 BROAD-WINGED
HAWKS, 2 SHARP-SHINNED HAWKS, 4 COOPER'S HAWKS, 2 OSPREY, 3 RED-SHOULDERED
HAWKS, 1 RED-TAILED HAWK, and an AMERICAN KESTREL. Also seen were 29
COMMON LOONS migrating.
The HARRIS'S SPARROW previously reported from Gallatin was still present
as of April 12th.
Nashville's RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD finally departed on April 4th after a
stay of almost five months.
More and more RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRDS are arriving daily. The
numbers will peak in late April, and after early May the only birds
still at your feeders will likely be nesting nearby. However, in July
your feeders will be full again as birds leave the nest and begin
fueling up for the journey south!
The next NTOS program will be at 7:30 PM on April 15th at Radnor Lake
State Natural Area featuring a program on the Shelby Bottoms Management
Plan. The next field trip will be April 17th to Cheatham Wildlife
Management Area, leaving from the Wood Thrush Shop in Nashville at 6:30
AM.
The migrants are pouring in, so get out and see what you can see.
Thanks for calling, and good birding!
- End transcript
* The Wood Thrush Shop is located in Nashville, Tennessee.
* For membership information on the TOS see:
http://www.nashville.com/~edwin.gleaves/ntosbroc.htm
or http://funnelweb.utcc.utk.edu/~awjones/TOS.html