> Thank you all. I will be listening Sat. and Sun. for the Northern Flint
> Hills Audubon birdathon. Your tips are a delight.
>
> On Wed, Apr 23, 2025 at 7:49 AM Doris Burnett <dburnett7750...>
> wrote:
>
>> We had a Chuck-wills-widow last night also.
>>
>> On Tue, Apr 22, 2025, 10:59 PM Marla Shoemaker <
>> <marlaswhisperingpines...> wrote:
>>
>> > 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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