Birds
At Warner Park Nature Center, we are thrilled with the return of our summer birds. Many of them departed to warmer climates for the winter and have survived the long journey north to return here to breed at Warner Parks. One of our favorites is the Yellow-throated...
'Skydancer' Arriving Soon The elusive woodcock is not often seen in the fields of Warner Parks, but it is heard right around Valentine’s Day every year. You'll have to visit a most complex *ecotone in the Parks - the edge where the shorter, mowed grass meets the...
Bird Spotlight: White-throated Sparrow By Laura Cook, BIRD (Bird Information, Research and Data) Coordinator January 2021 Here in Tennessee, this beautiful winter sparrow may be most recognizable by its sweet song. Do you hear the White-throated Sparrow sing Old Sam...
The 2020 Eastern Bluebirds field season by Diana McLusky Did you know that Warner Parks has one of the oldest Eastern Bluebird nest box monitoring programs in the country? It started in 1936 when ornithologist Amelia Laskey, with the help of the Works Project...
Irruption Winter in All the Right Ways by Laura Cook, BIRD Research Coordinator 2020 has been difficult, but our feathered friends continue to delight us with their beautiful songs and impress us with their long-distance migrations, shifting our attention from the...
