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Cutting Edge BIRD Research: Motus

Cutting Edge BIRD Research: Motus

Cutting-edge Research Featured on TN Wild Side For decades, Warner Parks has played a significant role in advancing our understanding of birds here in Tennessee. Warner Parks has the oldest, continuous Eastern Bluebird Nest Box project in the U.S, started in 1936 by...

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Kentucky Warblers in Tennessee

Kentucky Warblers in Tennessee

Cross-continental Connections Late June is a great time to observe the Kentucky Warblers in Warner Parks, neotropical migrants that fly from Central America to North America each spring to breed and raise their young. Leave it to the B.I.R.D. crew to have documented...

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Eastern Bluebirds in Tennessee

Eastern Bluebirds in Tennessee

What's Love Got To Do With It Love, Joy, Hope, Renewal, Prosperity … these are some of the symbolic words often used to describe our Eastern Bluebirds. Lucky for us, this beautiful bird can be seen year-round in our area and particularly in Warner Parks where we have...

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BIRD Research Published in The Migrant

BIRD Research Published in The Migrant

Eastern Bluebird Born in Warner Parks   We are proud to share the heartwarming story of a female Eastern Bluebird, who was born in a nest box on the Percy Warner Golf Course in July ‘10, banded when 8-days old by Diana McLusky, a licensed bird bander and...

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Yellow Throated Warbler

Yellow Throated Warbler

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...

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The Elusive Woodcock Arrives in Warner Parks

The Elusive Woodcock Arrives in Warner Parks

'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...

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Bird Spotlight: White Throated Sparrows

Bird Spotlight: White Throated Sparrows

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...

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Bluebird Research in Warner Parks

Bluebird Research in Warner Parks

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...

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Northern Wintering Birds Now in Nashville

Northern Wintering Birds Now in Nashville

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...

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