[TN-Bird] Timberdoodlings!
- From: Bill Pulliam <bb551@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: Tennessee Birds <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2007 18:57:11 -0500
Taking an evening walk through the weedy orchard with our hound this
evening (3/29/07), we saw the woodcock fly up and do her distraction
display again. We walked on past to look at a wild plum that was
flowering for the first time this year, then headed back. As we
passed the spot near where the woodcock first popped up, Peggy gasped
and I froze. There was a baby woodcock in the middle of the path
practically between my feet. And another nearby. And another! And
a fourth one just off the path! They were absolutely frozen, and
among the most adorable wild critters I have ever seen: fluffy,
striped, and with wonderful miniature long woocock bills already.
They were probably about the size of a week-old chicken (other than
their big noses) and just as fluffy. Peggy got control of the hound
while we scooped the chicks up one by one and shoed them off the
path. Once we started handling them they unfroze and began running
with their little wings (already pretty well feathered) flopping and
their bills pointing the way. Momma woodcock began calling to them
and the whole family headed off to a more remote corner, farther from
the path and closer to the creek. Excitement down on the farm!
Also, the year's first White-eyed Vireo was singing this morning.
Bill Pulliam
Lewis County TN
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