[TN-Bird] Not birds, but bird food... Cicadas are back
- From: Bill Pulliam <littlezz@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: TN-birds Listserv <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 20 May 2015 00:27:12 -0500
Ruben Stoll's mention that the Perry County Swallow-tailed Kite was
feeding on periodical cicadas alerted me to the emergence of 13-year
cicadas in western Tennessee this year. The middle TN emergence a few
years back just missed our place by a few miles, but this year's
emergence of the Mississippian brood is taking place on our front
porch at this very moment. It looks like in TN this brood is found
mostly from the counties bordering both sides of the TN river and
westwards. I am likely at its extreme eastern fringe. The maps are
not clear on whether they occur in the Mississippi alluvial plain
itself; birders could do a lot to elucidate the distribution by
submitting reports to www.magicicada.org. And if you want an auditory
challenge, try to tease out the distinct songs of the FOUR different
species of Magicicada in this brood, once they really get noisy in
the coming weeks!
Bill Pulliam
Hohenwald TN
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