Date: 4/22/25 11:08 am From: Dan Mulhern <browndog06...> Subject: Pott County Nightjars
I visited my favorite Nightjar listening spot along McIntire Creek (east side of Tuttle Reservoir) this morning. I arrived about 5:15 and stayed (mostly just sitting) for several hours. I was rewarded with 5 loudly calling Chuck Will's Widows and 2 much softer calling Common Poorwills. I have infrequently in the past gotten all 4 species at this location. It requires Common Nighthawk arriving before the departure of Eastern Whip-poor-will. Didn't happen today.
I also heard a single Barred Owl, and just before sunrise, several Wild Turkeys and a few Greater Prairie Chickens on a distant hill. After it got light I watched a female Eastern Bluebird wrestle furiously to subdue a very large green caterpillar which was about one-third her body length. It also turned into a very good sparrow morning.
The full list:
Canada GooseNorthern BobwhiteWild TurkeyGreater Prairie Chicken FOSMourning DoveYellow-billed Cuckoo FOSC W Widow FOSC PoorwillKilldeerUpland Sandpiper FOSGreat Blue HeronTurkey VultureRed-tailed HawkNorthern HarrierBarred OwlRed-bellied WoodpeckerRed-headed WoodpeckerNorthern FlickerBlue JayAmerican CrowTufted TitmouseWhite-breasted NuthatchCarolina WrenBrown ThrasherE StarlingEastern BluebirdAm RobinHouse SparrowAm GoldfinchLark Sparrow FOSWhite-crowned SparrowWhite-throated Sparrow FOSHarris' SparrowVesper SparrowSavannah SparrowSong Sparrow FOSLincoln's SparrowE MeadowlarkRW BlackbirdCommon GrackleNorthern Cardinal
