[TN-Bird] Whip-poor-will
- From: "David Patterson" <dpatterson9328@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 10 Sep 2011 16:56:50 -0400
Standifer Gap Marsh, Hamilton County, September 9, 2011, 10:00 A.M.
A noisy half-dozen Titmice and Chickadees led me to a Whip-poor-will. It was
perched lengthwise on a 3" limb, tight against the limb, about 20 feet high,
and very hard to see. After about a minute if flew away with the small birds
following.
It was identified by dark color, goat-sucker bill, whiskers, shape and flight;
too small for a Chuck-wills-widow and too plump for a Nighthawk; and I can't
imagine either of these other two perched on a limb.
It was on the loop trail in the woods beyond the end of the gravel road.
David Patterson
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