[TN-Bird] woodcock field trip report - Elizabethton TOS
- From: dnldhlt@xxxxxxx
- To: tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, bristol-birds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, butternuts@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2006 22:23:30 -0500
The Herndon (Elizabethton) Chapter of TOS visited Greeneville, TN on
Saturday, Mar. 11, 2006 for an American Woodcock viewing excursion. Dianne
Draper, Don Holt, and Kim Stroud spent a casual afternoon birding around Greene
County until 4:30 pm, when they were joined by Brookie and Jean Potter, and
Wallace and Carolyn Coffey. The group ate supper at The Brick Oven Restaurant,
then proceeded to the Italian Village Restaurant, which was closed.
Waiting in the broomsedge field just a few yards from the parking lot,
they heard the first woodcock at 6:54 pm. Birds were seen several times in the
air, and illuminated for good views in flight at various distances and angles.
Eventually, woodcocks were heard in three different directions at the same time.
At one point, part of the group ventured a bit further into the field,
seeing a bird land and take off repeatedly from a particular spot at the top of
the rise. Searching with a light revealed the bird on the ground in close
view. The group then left the spot to the bird, which later resumed calling
from the same area.
Another exciting moment occured when a bird flew by very close in front of
Dianne Draper. Another bird responded vocally from the ground near the group,
making the chattering aggressive call. These close encounters seemed to be in
response to a taped playback which was sparingly used.
There was some conversation concerning the question of the proportions of
the locally nesting females that mate with locally resident males versus males
still migrating northward. Information on the topic from readers of this
report would be welcome.
The group very soon reached the state that Wallace Coffey refers to as
"observation saturation", and all left for home around 7:30 pm fully satisfied
with the evening's spectacle.
submitted by
Don Holt
Johnson City, TN
=================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBER=====================
The TN-Bird Net requires you to sign your messages with
first and last name, city (town) and state abbreviation.
You are also required to list the count in which the birds
you report were seen. The actual date of observation should
appear in the first paragraph.
_____________________________________________________________
To post to this mailing list, simply send email to:
tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
_____________________________________________________________
To unsubscribe, send email to:
tn-bird-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field.
______________________________________________________________
TN-Bird Net is owned by the Tennessee Ornithological Society
Neither the society(TOS) nor its moderator(s)
endorse the views or opinions expressed
by the members of this discussion group.
Moderator: Wallace Coffey, Bristol, TN
wallace@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
_____________________________________________________________
Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society
web site at http://www.tnbirds.org
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Topographical Maps located at http://topozone.com/find.asp
_____________________________________________________________
Other related posts:
- » [TN-Bird] woodcock field trip report - Elizabethton TOS
