[TN-Bird] Fwd: Knox Chuck-Wills-Widow

From: "Raincrow" <raincrow@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Mon, 23 May 2005 07:07:01 -0700
You should have been at my house in Roane County on Saturday! As the last co=
lors of a lovely sunset were fading, two Chuck-will's-widows began what I as=
sume was a territorial battle (rather than a very aggressive mating ritual) =
40 feet from my deck, barely visible against the evening sky=2E=20

One CWW began calling from a fallen snag that projects about 10 feet horizon=
tally from the edge of my woods (a dead red oak that used to house a pair of=
 Hairy WPs before it fell)=2E Another joined him in what I first thought mig=
ht be a mating duet then decided must be competitive calling=2E CWW#2 finall=
y touched down on the snag less than 3 ft from CWW #1, whereupon they yelled=
 their syrinxes out at each other so loudly that my ears rang=2E CWW #2 laun=
ched forcefully toward #1, wings outstretched in an arc, rolled 90 degrees w=
ith respect to the ground so that I could see the top surfaces of his head, =
wings, back, and tail=2E #1 rose to meet #2 a few inches off the top of the =
snag=2E They struck one another with what looked to be considerable force, s=
omehow making a very sharp CLACK! as loud as a heron's beak-snap (how do the=
y generate that sound?), then began making a very low bullfrog-croak that I'=
ve heard from Bullbats, and calling even more loudly=2E The skirmishing brou=
ght them to within 25 feet of me, although it was too dark to see them once =
they were no longer silhouetted against the twilight sky=2E They went from t=
ree to tree to ground to tree through the yard until CWW #2 left, whereupon =
#1 returned to the snag an resumed singing=2E

Too bad I forgot to press the "Record" button on my new palmcorder=2E I must=
 admit I sat down and bawled in self-frustration=2E=2E=2E

Happy nesting season!

Liz Singley
Kingston, TN





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From: K Dean EDWARDS [mailto:kde@angst=2Eengr=2Eutk=2Eedu]
Sent: 5/21/2005 4:13:00 PM
To: tn-bird@freelists=2Eorg
Subject: [TN-Bird] Knox Chuck-Wills-Widow



Just after midnight last night=2E=2E=2E or this morning (21 May)
technically speaking, I heard a Chuck-will's-widow calling
from the valley below our house=2E  Only the second time I've
heard a Chuck from our house over the last 3 1/2 years=2E

Dean Edwards
Knoxville, TN


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