[TN-Bird] American Woodcock (Greene Co., TN)

From: Alice Loftin / Don Miller <pandion@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: TN-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, bristol-birds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, butternuts@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2011 20:41:06 -0500 (EST)
February 14, 2011 

I've been checking two sites in Greene County regularly for woodcocks since 
mid-January but have had no luck until today. This evening, I saw a fly-by 
woodcock along lower Holly Creek Road in Tusculum. The bird zipped by, heading 
westward, as the lovely orange-pink sun faded to pastel tones at dusk. No 
timberdoodle music and drama yet, just a quick reminder that they're still 
there. 

This is the first woodcock I've encountered since November 28, when I saw a 
bird at almost exactly the same place at exactly the same time of day, relative 
to the sun. The sky even looked and felt the same on that date--clear with warm 
temperatures, no wind, and flush with dying sun. I like to think of woodcocks 
seesawing around the solstice. 

Don Miller 
Greeneville, Greene Co., TN 


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