[TN-Bird] Re: lesser nighthawk?
- From: "Reese, Carol" <jreese5@xxxxxxx>
- To: Bill Pulliam <littlezz@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 4 Aug 2014 16:02:42 +0000
Thanks, and I will try to record it, have gotten decent results even recording
with my iphone when the critter I am recording is fairly close. This call is
usually not very close, but maybe I will get lucky.
Whippoorwills still calling, but seems not to be as many as in years past. I'm
afraid as the property grows back into forestland (it had been cut over when I
bought it, the habitat changes may affect the population. Not sure exactly what
they like, but wonder if the gravel road is an attraction. I remember jumping
up chuck will widows on gravel roads coming home from fishing until dusk with
my father, decades ago.
From: Bill Pulliam [mailto:littlezz@xxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Monday, August 04, 2014 10:57 AM
To: Reese, Carol
Cc: tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [TN-Bird] lesser nighthawk?
It's hard to say much about subtle audio distinctions without being able to
hear a recording of the sound. Even a cellphone or small digital video camera
can often capture an acceptable sound sample.
When Lesser Nighthawks show up in the eastern states (which is very very very
rarely), they are usually found flying in daylight, not calling at night.
Bill Pulliam
Hohenwald TN
On Aug 4, 2014, at 10:45 AM, Reese, Carol wrote:
Happened to be on a website concerned with nightjar research and conservation
and clicked on the sound recordings to listen to the different nightjars.
Here is the site: http://www.nightjars.org/learn
I am fairly certain that I have been hearing the call described at the lesser
nightjar's "toad like trill" in the evenings at my house in northern Henderson
County. I often walk the dogs out onto the driveway and listen for the
whippoorwills, and have on several occasions heard this trill, usually if I go
out just as dusk turns into dark. In fact, thought to myself about the
similarity of the call to American toad, but knew it was not, and thought about
how it reminded me of the screech owl's whinny, but yet very different.
Is there another bird that could make a sound like this? I see that it is not
usually found in Tennessee. Could the call be a variation by the screech owl?
cr
"There are some who can live without wild things and some who cannot."
- Aldo Leopold<http://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/43828.Aldo_Leopold>
Carol Reese
Ornamental Horticulture Specialist -Western District
University of Tennessee Extension Service
605 Airways Blvd.
Jackson TN 38301
731 425 4767 email jreese5@xxxxxxx<mailto:jreese5@xxxxxxx>
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