[TN-Bird] Foothills Parkway nightjars, Blount Co., 06/11/2011
- From: "Angela Hoffman" <ahoffman07@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 12 Jun 2011 17:11:26 -0400
After an attempt last night to observe the synchronous fireflies in Great
Smoky Mountains National Park, we headed to the western section of the
Foothills Parkway (Blount Co.) to listen for night birds. At the second
viewing area on the left as you ascend the parkway from Walland, we pulled
over to park and immediately started hearing nightjars.
Between 23:45 (06/11/2011) - 00: 20 (06/12/2011), we heard one Whippoorwill
and up to four Chucks-Will's-Widows. An additional Chuck was heard on the
short drive back down to the main road after midnight. No owls were heard.
Though this was only the second time we've visited this location for this
purpose, the parkway and this specific pullout have been extremely
consistent for nightjars. It also offers a great night view out over the
mountains on evenings like last night during which there was a lot of
moonlight and dramatic lightning to the north.
The lack of owls on the parkway was compensated for by the Eastern
Screech-owl that Seth heard whinny outside our home in west Knoxville soon
after returning home around 01:30.
Good birding,
Angela Hoffman & Seth McConchie
Angela M. Hoffman
Knoxville, TN
ahoffman07@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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