FreeLists / tn-bird / [TN-Bird] Chota Waterfowl Refuge - Monroe Co - east Tenn

[David Trently <dtrently@xxxxxxx>]

Last night, Monday June 7, Lyn Bales and I visited the Chota Waterfowl 
Management Area in north Monroe County, south of Vonore. We were hoping to 
hear Whip-poor-wills and we weren't disappointed.

Right at 9:00 p.m., the first of at least 4 CHUCK-WILL'S-WIDOWs began to call. 
They called from at least three locations - 2 in the refuge, 1 across the 
river. At 9:06, the first of at least 3 WHIP-POOR-WILLs began calling. At 
times only one species called, a few times both called together.
We also saw 2 AMERICAN WOODCOCK flying, but not displaying or calling.
Unfortunately, we didn't hear any owls.

Other birds:

Great Blue Heron
Green Heron
Canada Geese with young
Mallard
Osprey
Mourning Dove
Yellow-billed Cuckoo (this is a really good place to find them)
Chimney Swift
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Belted Kingfisher
E Kingbird
N Rough-winged and Barn Swallows
Carolina Chickadee
American Crow
Blue Jay
Carolina Wren
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Cedar Waxwing
Eur Starling
White-eyed Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Pine Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Yellow-breasted Chat
N Cardinal
Blue Grosbeak
Indigo Bunting
Red-winged Blackbird
C Grackle
Orchard Oriole
Am Goldfinch

non-birds...
Striped Skunk

Bullfrog
Green frog
Cope's Gray Treefrog
Cricket Frog
Spring Peeper
Narrow-mouth Toad

David Trently,
Knoxville, TN

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