> We just heard our FOS Chuck- wills - widow tonight, on the west side of
> Manhattan. Riley County. Love that sound so much!
>
> On Tue, Apr 22, 2025, 1:06 PM Dan Mulhern <browndog06...> wrote:
>
> > 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
> >
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