[TN-Bird] LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSH

From: Melinda Welton <weltonmj@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: tnbird <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2011 09:11:18 -0500
Yesterday late afternoon, as I was working on the powerpoint on Sandhill
Cranes that I was to deliver in a few hours, I heard the faint intriguing
chips that I was certain were those of a Louisiana Waterthrush. I had walked
our creeks earlier in the day, and yesterday, but couldn't pull myself away
from the computer to check out the chips.

This morning there were two very vocal male Louisiana Waterthrush singing
before dawn and battling for which one got the territory that includes our
house. I believe the birds came in yesterday afternoon.

In the past I've found the first male to arrive will sing very infrequently.
If our house were not in the middle of a territory, he could have gone
undetected for several days. I've never used playback to check for early
arrivals.

In the past several years (I've not always been home to hear them earlier)
2011    March 17th
2010    March 20th
2009    March 17th
2007    March 13th
2006    March 10th

Melinda Welton
Franklin, TN


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