[TN-Bird] Re: Cicada

Tim and other TN-Birders
The wings you describe are most likely cicada wings.  Parts of the eastern 
U.S., including parts of east and middle Tennessee, are presently in the midst 
of an emergence of Brood XIV of the 17-year periodical cicada.  Compared to the 
common dog-day cicada that is present every year in late summer, this 17-year 
periodical cicada is smaller, has an all-black body, bright red/orange eyes, 
red-orange legs, and red-orange veins in its wings.
When I ran the 25-mile Elk Valley Breeding Bird Survey Route in Campbell County 
on May 31, I heard periodical cicadas at over 40 of the 50 stops.  At a few 
stops, they were so loud that I had trouble hearing birds.  There are presently 
some places around Norris where their calls are deafening and the ground is 
littered with their spent carcasses.

I have not seen much about this outbreak in the local news media.  Are any 
other TN-Birders finding these cicadas this year?

For more on this outbreak, see:
http://bugs.osu.edu/~bugdoc/PerioCicada/PeriCicadaMap.htm
http://pest.ca.uky.edu/EXT/Cicada/kycicada.html
http://magicicada.org/databases/magicicada/map.html - this link has a nice 
emergence map.  It is slow to load so be patient.

Chuck Nicholson
Norris, TN


-------------- Original message from "Tim Riddle" <timrid@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: 
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> Several weeks ago I bought a simple bird bath and put in in my back yard. It 
> has 
> turned into quite the attraction especially as the weather gets drier and 
> after 
> it has been cleaned and fresh water added which I do almost daily. I have 
> noticed Grackles coming to the water and dunking something in the bath like 
> they 
> are cleaning their catch. At times in appears to be vegetation other times 
> large 
> insects. 
> This morning as I was cleaning the bath I noticed two large wings in the 
> water 
> that had red lines in them. Just wondering if these were Cicada wings. I 
> haven't 
> heard any but it seems the Grackles may be finding what few that may be 
> around. 
> Tim Riddle 
> Overton/Putnam County Line 
> Cookeville TN 
> 
> 
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