FreeLists / tn-bird / [TN-Bird] Willet, etc. (Greene Co., TN)

[Don Miller <raincrow@xxxxxxx>]

5 May 2003

I observed a Willet this afternoon on Green Road in western Greene
County during a break in the heavy rainfall that the county experienced
for most of the day.  The bird was near the road in a grassy field about
a half mile from Highway 348.  Also present in the field were two Lesser
Yellowlegs and a Solitary Sandpiper.  Elsewhere on Green Road were
Red-headed Woodpecker, Eastern Wood-Pewee, and Summer Tanager.

Willet is a rare transient species in Greene County,
though--interestingly--this is the third consecutive year that it has
been observed here.  The other occurrences were on 29 July 2001 (3 birds
on Jim Kirk Road, 7 birds at Wal-Mart Distribution Center) and 27 April
2002 (14 birds at Wal-Mart Distribution Center).  Today's Willet was
located within three miles of where the others were observed.

Don Miller
Greeneville, TN

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