[birdky] Hart Co birds

Janet and I decided to try our hand at a nightjar survey last night. We went
out under a bright moon, following the protocol at
http://www.ccb-wm.org/nightjars.htm . The program is run by the Center for
Conservation Biology at William and Mary. The survey consists of ten
six-minute stops. To our surprise, chuck-wills-widows outnumbered
whip-poor-wills 11 to 3 on rural Hart County roads.

Here's the way the tally sheet looks:

 


 

Time Blocks (minutes of survey)


Stop#

Species

1

2

3

4

5

6


1

WHIP

1

1

1

1

1

1


2

CHUCK

1

1

1

1

1

1


2

WHIP

 

1

 

 

1

1


3

CHUCK

1

1

1

1

 

 


4

NONE

 

 

 

 

 

 


5

NONE

 

 

 

 

 

 


6

CHUCK

1

1

1

1

1

1


6

CHUCK

1

1

1

1

 

1


7

CHUCK

1

1

1

1

1

1


7

CHUCK

1

1

1

1

1

1


7

CHUCK

1

1

1

1

1

1


7

WHIP

1

 

1

 

 

1


8

CHUCK

1

1

1

1

1

1


8

CHUCK

 

1

 

1

 

1


9

NONE

 

 

 

 

 

 


10

CHUCK

1

1

1

1

1

1


10

CHUCK

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

One other note of interest: I encountered a late Tennessee warbler singing
on a BBS route at Mammoth Cave today

 

Steve Kistler

Hart Co

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