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 > > For KSBIRD-L archives or to change your subscription options, go to > https://listserv.ksu.edu/ksbird-l.html > For KSBIRD-L guidelines go to > http://www.ksbirds.org/KSBIRD-LGuidelines.htm > To contact a listowner, send a message to > mailto:<ksbird-l-request...> >
