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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