[TN-Bird] Woodcocks, Forks of the River WMA, Knox Co, east Tenn

From: "Trently, David J" <dtrently@xxxxxxx>
To: <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2009 08:06:59 -0500
On Wednesday night, Mike Nelson and I visited Forks of the River WMA in
east Knox County (near Ijams Nature Center) to look for AMERICAN
WOODCOCKs and owls.
We heard no screech owls, a bird that is often found there.
I'm curious about when these birds begin their calling and display
flights, how long they continue, and when they end. Hopefully I will get
out to this area a few more times this spring and record this
information. If anyone else across the state knows of places to see/hear
woodcocks, it might be interesting to compare notes. I didn't take
temperature records, but will try to in the future.
 
Sunset was 6:27 p.m.
We heard the first bird call about 6:40, 13 minutes after official
sunset.
The last calls were given about 7:04, so the birds called for around 24
minutes.
 
We were able to get within about 10 feet of one bird 'peenting' on the
ground. This one started calling around 6:46 and was the last one we
heard. It did about 7 display flights during that 18 minutes. It was one
very patient bird! It gave a lot more peent calls on the ground than I'm
used to, before finally taking off for its display flight.
 
During our time there, we saw at least 3 birds, and heard 3 others.
 
A bonus was seeing a GREAT HORNED OWL fly into a tree nearby and sit for
a while. It never called.
 
David Trently
Knoxville, TN
Avian Pursuits Nature Tours
http://avianpursuits.com/
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