[TN-Bird] Standifer Gap Marsh, Least Bittern Nests

Standifer Gap Marsh, Chattanooga, Hamilton County, TN

LEAST BITTERN:  June 21, nest with 4 eggs, no adult nearby, same on June 22 and 
23 and eggs were ambient temperature, assuming this nest is abandoned, perhaps 
eggs got too cold in severe rain

June 22,  nest with 0 eggs, looks good but like last year nest, tilted

June 23,  nest with 0 eggs, looks more worn than June 22 find, 2 years old?

June 23,  nest under construction, cattail fragments in nest still green, adult 
nearby

All nests within 200 ft of each other,  all about 14" above 18" water depth,  
all close (5 ft) to open water or open channel

Two adults singing near water lillies, 1000 ft away from nests

Another adult watching me wade along east side of water, let me approach to 10 
ft,  nearby nest likely


VIRGINIA RAIL:  June 21, 6 young had left nest, 3 eggs remaining, adult still 
incubating

June 22 & 23,  2 eggs remaining, adjults not incubating, not protective of 
nest, these 2 eggs likely sterile or dead


WILLOW FLYCATCHER:  Still incubating 4 eggs


ORCHARD ORIOLE:  Female feeding young (near Willow Flycatcher nest)


David Patterson
June 24, 2004

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