[TN-Bird] woodcock nest in the Smokies
- From: Kristine_Johnson@xxxxxxx
- To: TN-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2006 16:02:27 -0500
This afternoon, March 27, I startled an American woodcock off a nest
containing four eggs. I was busy pulling up invasive exotic Japanese
barberry seedlings and did not see the nest until I was about 5 feet away
and the bird flew off. I heard it peeping not far away as I promptly left
the area. The nest site is near the top of a steep ridge directly behind
the Twin Creeks Natural Resource Center in the Great Smoky Mountains
National Park, about a mile from Gatlinburg's Mynatt Park. The forest is
second-growth mixed hardwoods, and the nest is partly sheltered by an arbor
of native wild grape vines in the trees.
Kristine Johnson
Supervisory Forester
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
107 Park Headquarters Rd.
Gatlinburg, TN 37738
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